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Dynamic Light | True Offhand Support | Light Intensity Update + More
BedrockAdd-onSurvivalby Red Balloon
About this add-on
Smooth dynamic lighting follows you while you hold or drop light sources, with support for equipping torches in your offhand.
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Written by Red Balloon for the MCPEDL post, shown as published.
Dynamic Light | True Offhand Support | Light Intensity Update More
Bring the light. Keep your main hand free. Explore caves, mine deeper, and travel after dark with a soft glow that moves with you.
Dynamic Light makes 74 vanilla items and blocks shine while you carry them or leave them on the ground. Every source has its own light level, so a candle gives off a gentle glow while a lantern lights up much more of the path. Equip one of 53 eligible light sources in your offhand and keep your pickaxe, sword, or tools ready.
Features
- Portable light: Hold a supported source in your main hand or offhand and take the light wherever you go.
- Light that fits the item: All 74 sources have individual brightness levels from 1 to 15. A dropped item keeps the same brightness it had in your hand.
- Smooth transitions: Light builds and fades as you equip an item, move, or pick up a glowing drop.
- True offhand support: Hold an eligible source with an empty offhand, then crouch once to move one item from your selected stack into your second hand.
- A visible offhand slot: See the equipped item beside your hotbar when you activate the included Resource Pack. The slot appears only while the offhand is occupied.
- Dropped-item lighting: Toss a supported source onto the ground to illuminate the area around it, then pick it up and watch the glow fade.
Supported light sources
Torches and lanterns: Torch, Soul Torch, Redstone Torch, Copper Torch, Lantern, Soul Lantern, and Copper Lanterns in every oxidation stage, including waxed variants of the lantern.
Candles: The plain Candle and all 16 colors.
Fire and heat: Campfire, Soul Campfire, Lava Bucket, Magma Block, Fire Charge, Blaze Rod, Blaze Powder, and Magma Cream.
Bright blocks and rare finds: Jack o'Lantern, Glowstone, Glowstone Dust, Sea Lantern, Prismarine Crystals, Shroomlight, End Rod, all three Froglights, Beacon, Conduit, End Crystal, Nether Star, Crying Obsidian, Ender Chest, Enchanting Table, Brewing Stand, Dragon Egg, and Respawn Anchor.
Natural and ambient light: Glow Berries, Glow Lichen, Sea Pickle, Glow Ink Sac, Glow Item Frame, Firefly Bush, Sculk Catalyst, Small/Medium/Large Amethyst Buds, Amethyst Cluster, Redstone Ore, Deepslate Redstone Ore, Sculk Sensor, and Calibrated Sculk Sensor.
How to use
- Import the .mcaddon and activate the Behavior Pack in your world.
- Activate the included Resource Pack to show the offhand slot and its item icon beside the hotbar.
- Hold any supported light source to illuminate your surroundings. To equip one of the 53 offhand-compatible sources, select it with an empty offhand and crouch once.
- Drop a supported item to leave a pool of light behind; pick it up when you're ready to move on.
Full block-form items still illuminate while held in the main hand or dropped, but are not moved to the offhand automatically. The Resource Pack adds the HUD display; the Behavior Pack provides the lighting and offhand transfer.
Take the light. Keep your tools ready. Explore farther.
