//standard directional point light


light
simple_distant_lightLookup( float intensity = 1;
				color lightcolor = color "rgb"(1,1,1); //the second "color" is a function that packs specified values into the "rgb" color spacce. 
				color shadowcolor = color(0,0,1);
				string gel = "";	
				string shadowname = "";
				float Sample_width = 16;
				float Shading_samples = 64;
				output varying float __inshadow = 0;
				output varying color __cl_noshadow = 0;
				)
				
{
vector direction = vector "shader" (0,0,-1);
solar(direction, 0.0) {

	Cl = intensity * lightcolor;
	//This output ignores the effect of shadows
	__cl_noshadow = Cl; 
	
	if(shadowname != "") {
		__inshadow = shadow(shadowname, Ps, 
						"samples", Shading_samples,
						"width", Sample_width);	
		Cl = mix(lightcolor, shadowcolor, __inshadow) ; 				
		}

	
	//if(gel != "")
	// 	Cl = Cl * texture(gel);
	}
}					 

// printf("%c\n", totalLightColor);