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Just cannot get Updated Dynamic lighting to work

I turn it on and every time I hit CTRL L to see what the token sees I just get total darkness. Same if I join as player. Is there checklist I could view of things I need to tick to make sure it's on? I have the token set to emit light and see the light it emits but nothing. Just blackness.
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keithcurtis
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Do you have (regular) Fog of War turned on? It defaults to the entire page obscured and must have areas specifically cleared. If that's not the case, posting screens shots of token and page settings can help folks narrow down the problem.
I've encountered the same problem.  As far as I can tell, after playing with it extensively is that the Updated Dynamic Lighting is buggy as heck... and just isn't ready for use.
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keithcurtis
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Although I would also council using LDL for the time being, there is no indication that this is the problem.
Thanks for the suggestions. I checked and none of those options are ticked (ie no Fog of War, Advanced Fog of War etc). However, I did stumble upon what is probably the issue and it looks like a bug. I started zooming out the map just in case I wasn't actually looking at the correct part and it became obvious that light is being emitted by my token but *behind* the map. Take a look. <a href="https://postimg.cc/RNd8L7RQ" rel="nofollow">https://postimg.cc/RNd8L7RQ</a> I have double-checked at the map is definitely on the map layer and the tokens on the token layer. The light is being obscured by the map itself.
Do as Keith said and enable Legacy for the time being. Updated light is - at best - a work in progress and shouldn't be used outside the Developer Server.