Which is the first PC game to use dynamic lighting?

The Riddler · Mar 11, 2023

As far as I know, none of the "3D" games of the second half of the 90s used any kind of dynamic lighting. But which is the first PC game use any dynamic lightning?

kapone32 · Mar 11, 2023

Probably DIablo 2 for me

oxrufiioxo · Mar 11, 2023

Maybe 1999 crusaders of might and magic.

kapone32 said:
Probably DIablo 2 for me

I think this game is technically 2d sprites I think the op is asking about 3d games.

pavle · Mar 11, 2023

Unreal game and engine, then only Quake 3 engine and game and the rest.

oxrufiioxo · Mar 11, 2023

pavle said:
Unreal.

I want to say unreal 1 had some sort of dynamic lights as well I'm just not sure if it was truly dynamic in it's first iteration.

QuietBob · Mar 11, 2023

As far as 3D games are concerned, Quake from 1996 uses dynamic lighting. It was most likely the first title to employ it.

Frick · Mar 11, 2023

QuietBob said:
As far as 3D games are concerned, Quake from 1996 uses dynamic lighting. It was most likely the first title to employ it.

Wasn't that mostly lightmaps, IE static?

QuietBob · Mar 11, 2023

Frick said:
Wasn't that mostly lightmaps, IE static?

Weapon projectiles and explosions, as well as molten lava blobs cast dynamic lights. The effect can be seen at the very beginning when selecting the "hard" difficulty level:

Dragonsyph · Apr 1, 2023

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Which is the first PC game to use dynamic lighting?

The Riddler

kapone32

oxrufiioxo

pavle

oxrufiioxo

QuietBob

Frick

Fishfaced Nincompoop

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