There was a post somewhere i can’t find, about creative ways to light things.
I know if you chisel the corner of a block, then it becomes almost transparent to light. are there any other blocks or ways that lets light pass through things? I know Glacier has a nice “glow” but it does not actually let light through
Foliage lets light through, maybe some of the other organic blocks, to varying extents. Thorns ofc
Light and Fluid flow through blocks on the same mechanic, so if you want your gleam to glow through a stone block it has to expose something, say a nip with a bevel chisel, on the side the gleam’s on. Then it also has to have a chip off of the side you want to glow.
Square chisels can do this, I don’t know if a slope can, without just chipping a hole through the block space. And there are definitely some examples scattered around, but I’m not sure about tutorials, per se.
There’s also the chiseled light block (gleam/lanterns etc) to use if you want to light up a particularly difficult area that you DON’T want to chisel a notch out of to have gleam behind show through.
lattice chisel to make the ‘star’ shape, then either bevel or square chisel to turn it into a diamond (or square) shape. Lattice chisel again to change the size.
I use these ALL over the place to light things up.
It’s one of the reasons I love Boundless like I do. Colored lighting is a massive factor in the final look of a build
There used to be a Lighting School on Grovidias Te I think but it seems to be gone now It had lit up tunnels you could look at the design then walk through to see the effect
Drop me a DM, and we can arrange a day to hang out … otherwise, Boundless School is currently setup at Boundless United, but since that’s a bit dead, well, I’ll enable the portal at the Mushroom Kingdom hub.
Essentially, though, if you just chisel either corner of a block you can let anything light or liquid through …
Also, there’s a limit to how far light travels in glass, and that’s about 8 blocks.
I always bevel chisel the edges of the block and hide the gleam under a border and the light comes through. If this is a bug and they fix it some day…then my whole place will be dark as hell