Where is the "Mask" mode for Light2Ds in Godot 4?

Hamster5295

In Godot 3 I've got the "Mask" mode in the properties of node Light2D

However, this is not found in Godot 4 (Specificly, 4.0.2)

I'm wondering whether the property has been moved to another place, or there are alternative ways to implent that function 🤔

cybereality

You would use the node CanvasGroup and a Clip Children option.

Hamster5295

cybereality I'm now using a sprite with a texture previously used for a light2D node in Godot 3, setting the Clip Children option to "Clip Only", and now it works out completely awesome. Thank you! 😊

011eh

cybereality
Godot 4 how to achieve Sprite in the shadow, CanvasGroup does not seem to be able to provide a good solution.

Lethn

For future reference blend mode is a completely different thing and is about blending colours and setting how they behave based on what colour is interacting with each other, it's not what you're looking for.

KnightNine

For anyone needing a detailed explanation as there doesn't seem to be one here:

Here's a solution for having multiple masking nodes https://github.com/godotengine/godot-proposals/issues/4282#issuecomment-1079676227

And you can enable clip_children on any CanvasItem sprites you want to act as an inverse mask, where the children nodes can only be seen if overlapping with the parent sprite.

Kingstad

Godot is an endless wasteland of outdated tutorials. Could someone pleaaase make a video on how to use this stuff for line of sight
You'd think this was pretty basic.