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DXNewAmbientLight

Function

Creates a light Object representing an ambient light source.

Syntax

#include <dx/dx.h>


Light DXNewAmbientLight(RGBColor color)

Functional Details

Creates a light Object of the color color that produces a constant illumination on all rendered Objects regardless of surface orientation.

An RGBColor is defined as follows:

typedef struct rgbcolor {
float r, g, b;
} RGBColor;

Return Value

Returns the light or returns NULL and sets an error code.

See Also

DXNewDistantLight, DXQueryAmbientLight, DXQueryDistantLight

16.8 , "Light Class".


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