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Chaos Vantage

Lights Tab

This page offers information about the Lights tab in Chaos Vantage.

Last updated 24 June 2026

This page offers information about the Lights tab in Chaos Vantage.

Overview

The Lights tab offers a list of all lights in the scene and their properties. This includes lights imported with a .vrscene file.

Scene sub-state

Scene sub-state – A dropdown list of all scene lights sub-states.

Create () – Creates a new scene lights sub-state.

Update () – Updates a scene lights sub-state.

Delete () – Deletes a scene lights sub-state. Double-click to delete.

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Light Lister

The Light lister lists all lights and their properties imported with a .vrscene file.

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Button

Button name

Description

Button

Button name

Description

Compact

Displays only On/Off, color and intensity parameters for lights in the Light lister.

Basic

Displays common parameters for lights in the Light lister.

Advanced

Displays all available parameters for lights in the Light lister.

Enable all lights

Turns on all lights in the list.

Disable all lights

Turns off all lights in the list.

Ungroup selected lights

Ungroups selected lights in the scene which are part of a light group (have matching and identical properties) and makes them unique.

Import lights from file

Imports a light(s) from an external supported file and adds it to the Light lister.

Expand all lights

Expands collapsed lights in the list.

Collapse all lights

Collapses all lights in the list.

Search Filter

Filters the lights list and shows only those lights that contain the input string. Click on the X button on the right to clear the input string.

Clear

Clears the filter string.

Filter

Filters which types of light (Point, Spot, Directional, Rectangle, Disc, Sphere, Cylinder, IES, Mesh) are listed in the Light lister. There are options for showing:

  • all lights
  • disabled lights only
  • enabled lights only

Right-click the button to reset the filter. Use Ctr + click to isolate a selection.

Sort

Opens a submenu with options for sorting the lights in the Light lister by the following criteria:

Sort by name – Sorts the objects alphabetically.
Sort by creation – Sorts the objects by order of creation.
Ascending – Sorts objects ascending order depending on Sort by name and Sort by creation option.
Descending – Sorts objects alphabetically in descending order depending on Sort by name and Sort by creation option.

Sun Light

Sphere Light

Rect Light

IES Light

Point Light

Spot Light

Direct Light

Mesh Light