Time for action – Creating a toggleable flashlight

We'll be working in our AwesomePawn class for this, but first, let's set the mood.

1. Open AwesomeTestMap in the editor.

2. Select all of the lights, and in their properties set Light | Light Component | Brightness to 0.3.

3. Rebuild the map by clicking on the Build All button in the top toolbar.

4. Save the map and close the editor.

5. Open AwesomePawn.uc in ConTEXT.

6. We'll need a variable to store our light component, so let's add it:

   var SpotLightComponent Flashlight;

7. Now let's add the Component to the default properties:

   Begin Object Class=SpotLightComponent Name=MyFlashlight
     bEnabled=true
     Radius=1024.000000
     Brightness=1.90000
   End Object
   Components.Add(MyFlashlight)
   Flashlight=MyFlashlight

8. Compile the code and run the game. We have a flashlight!

   

9. Now to toggle it. We can use an already existing function for this, Use(). It's in PlayerController, so we'll have to override it in our AwesomePlayerController class. If it's already there, then change it to the...