"Slime" <slm### [at] slimeland com> wrote in message
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> Yes, a cylinder light will do the trick.
>
> However, since cylinder lights are really pointlights with their effect
> constrained by a cylinder, I believe they don't work as expected with
> photons. That means you won't be able to make them bounce off of mirrors
and
> such, unless I'm mistaken.
Actually I think it works as expected, see image.
The green cylinder is where the spot comes from. In it is a point light.
The overall light doesn't cast photons for speeds sake.
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