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Looking for a Dynamic Lighting Script Recommendations

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Hey All, Maybe this has been addressed elsewhere, but I'm looking for a script that will limit the length of obscurity in dynamic lighting. I'll detail an example. In my campaign, PCs approach a wagon or tent that partially obscures their vision, but only proportional to the height of the wagon/tent relative to the height of the party. Meaning, only on the other side of the wagon/tent would vision be obscured, but further away the party could again see the ground and other map details. In essence, it creates a sort of long shadow, which doesn't extent all the way to the edges of the map. If not a script, any other clever ideas would be welcomed to enhance the player experience in this regard. Thanks For example, the wagon in question is the box at the bottom center: PC's perspective with elongated shadow:
I have a similar problem with how dynamic lighting obscures more of the map than I would like sometimes.  I don't know if this will work for your situation: I have a phantom token I call "allsight," just a completely transparent png with an aura only visible to me.  It has sight, and is set for all players to control, but since they can't see the token/aura, it doesn't get moved.  I can drop it for example into an area of map that they have already explored, or that is very familiar to them, or that they can see due to altitude, etc.  It's vision does not pass through dynamic lighting walls, so I can put it into a passage without worrying about revealing anything else.  I can have it emit light if that makes sense, but sometimes I just need to allow them to see what is already lit.  This would wreak havoc with advanced fog of war, but I only use dynamic lighting and old-fashioned fog of war.  Maybe that will do what you need?
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Valerie, thanks a heap for the tip. The most simple idea is often the best and most clever. I suppose looking for some sort of script might have been overthinking the issue. Cheers!
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keithcurtis
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Some people call those "light crumbs", in the sense of leaving a trail of breadcrumbs. You sprinkle those in places that the party has been. A sort of manual advanced fog of war.
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Keith, ah great to know the jargon. It'll help for further research on the topic. Cheers!
You can also check out "One-Way Dynamic Lighting" by Stephen Lindberg. It's available in the script library.
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Raven, thanks! Ill check it out