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Post by Steinie // Aug 14, 2008, 6:59am

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Why doesn't the Spot light have a control widget like infinite lights? (or better yet have both it's current controls and a widget control for movement)

I know that it has special controls but if I just want to move the light in or out of the scene the controls seem messed up. The movement direction of the spot light doesn't match my mouse movements. I tried changing the control axis too.

Am I missing something?

Post by Jack Edwards // Aug 14, 2008, 10:56am

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The spot light uses it's local axis. That makes it easier for moving it in and out, but is a real pain for positioning.

A workaround is to encapsulate it, so that you can move the "group" around using the object widget, but can still select the spot light for using it's widget.

Post by trueBlue // Aug 14, 2008, 11:14am

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The Move and Rotate tools work as well with Spot lights. :)
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