Help with spotlight zmodeler 3

Winning_troops · March 25, 2026 at 3:37 PM

So I've just been kinda stuck on this for some time and I can't really seem to figure out why but every time I try adding a spotlight to one of the vehicles I am currently working on the actual like light that is supposed to come from the spotlight comes from around the centre of the car I have it currently setup to where if I turn on the cars headlights the spotlight also comes on any way of fixing this or any help would be appreaciated.

Thero · March 25, 2026 at 11:43 PM

What you wanna do in regards to the light coming on with the headlights is changing the external id of light itself. To be on the safe side you should do it in the vertex and the polygon mode although I think you really only need to do it on one and I don't recall which one it is, if you want it to come on with the high beams use either external id 14 or 15. If you don't want it to come on at all change the material to a non light emissive texture in the material browser.

Winning_troops · March 26, 2026 at 3:57 AM

Hey thank you for the reply and does setting the ID to 14 and 15 only work for the 2 extras/spotlights or can I continue like in those numbers so maybe something else that turns on a light it would be ID 16?

I will be able to provide a picture later on to actually show what I want to fix because this only made it so I can turn them on with the headlights the actual light still comes from the centre of the vehicle instead of the actual spotlight.

Cj24 · March 26, 2026 at 8:59 AM

The position of the environment reflections and the light corona should always be based on the lights' dummies, make sure it is positioned in your spotlights.

Winning_troops · March 26, 2026 at 4:13 PM

So this is like what I'd want to see if I can fix it or there is no fix, basically you can see that the "light" is coming from the centre of the vehicle instead of the spotlight and yes I am kinda new to zmodeler.

Cj24 · March 26, 2026 at 4:24 PM

If you're using extralights 3 and 4, the game will "merge" the environment reflections in the middle and unfortunately there's no way to change that other than to use extralights 1 and 2 if possible.

Winning_troops · March 26, 2026 at 4:31 PM

Yeah so basically it's an extra as in the spotlight and the light/emissive is an extralight 1 or 2 I don't remember but I believe I also used your spotlight for the charger I just made it into an extra.

Keith · March 26, 2026 at 10:49 PM

Where's the light dummy in relation to the spotlight itself ?

If the dummy is in the middle of the car, the "light" will emanate from that position.

Move the light dummy to the spotlight dome.

Winning_troops · March 27, 2026 at 4:40 AM

Yeah it's inside of the spotlight, like that was never moved really once I imported the spotlight everything was already in position I just needed to make it an extra and so it turns on with the headlights.

Keith · March 27, 2026 at 10:47 AM

One thing I've done a few times, is, delete the dummy and create a new one in the "left" view. I remember one spotlight model I used, illuminated everything behind it.

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