Some GZDoom questions

[Knas]

While working with GZD there are a few things I need to ask about.

If the player decides to load lights.pk3, is there a way for me to deactivate the light made by the lamp things?

In GZD you can look straight up and down witch I think creates some weird visuals, especially with the sprites. Is there a way to make the wad limit the pitch min/max value?

The dynamic lights things emits light in a sphere around its centre, is there a way to change this shape to a box for example?

[Kappes Buur]

Knas said:

If the player decides to load lights.pk3, is there a way for me to deactivate
the light made by the lamp things?

No.
However, you could make a new lamp actor. Then superimpose a dynamic light with
an ID and Thing_Activate - Thing_Deactivate with a script.

Knas said:

In GZD you can look straight up and down witch I think creates some weird visuals,
especially with the sprites. Is there a way to make the wad limit the pitch min/max value?

No.

Knas said:

The dynamic lights things emits light in a sphere around its centre, is there a
way to change this shape to a box for example?

No.
All you can do is insert a bunch a small dynamic lights in strategic locations.

[scifista42]

Kappes Buur said:

However, you could make a new lamp actor. Then superimpose a dynamic light with
an ID and Thing_Activate - Thing_Deactivate with a script.

That applies if you want to "deactivate" a specifics lamp's light via a script during the running game. If you simply want to make a lamp that doesn't cast a dynamic light, just make a new (normal) lamp actor in DECORATE.

[Knas]

Thanks for the answers. They were expected but a little disappointed that I can't do anything about the pitch.

[scifista42]

You can completely disable looking up and down in your map via a MAPINFO property "NoFreelook".