i got a scene where i have a long corridor (infini corridor) with arround 100 lights all the way and i wanted to turn them off one by one (not all at the same time)
If you have any ideas
Let me know
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1Maybe use an array of objects with emission on them and keyframe the array count? – John Eason Nov 28 '22 at 10:11
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This is so smart thanks you !! – Volskaya Nov 28 '22 at 10:20
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I think @moonboots idea is better because you can set the light direction and area as you wish, but unfortuately you can't use modifiers with lights so can't use an array of them. :^( – John Eason Nov 28 '22 at 10:36
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2does it have to be lights? or can it also be a mesh with e.g. emission shader (which is a light too)? – Chris Nov 28 '22 at 18:27
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1As John and Chris say, it will be easier if your lights are an object with Emission (in Cycles) – moonboots Nov 28 '22 at 18:41
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A bit tedious but you could create one light, give 2 keyframes to its Power so that it goes from on to off:
It won't create an action per se but you can push the animation in the Nonlinear Animation editor, it will appear as an orange strip:
Then duplicate the light as many time as you want and shift the strips of the copies:
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I make no secret of it that i am a big fan of animation nodes. It's a free add-on and worth every minute learning it.
So if you install it, you can use this easy node setup:
and you will get:
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