I'll second that ^^^

just to confirm a couple of points though...

The inverse square doobrie.. that's the math function a couple of posts up right?

And I only have to apply that to my point light to get it to work? You are a clever bunny.

And the square for the fire... does that NEED to be a one sided square? I used a hi res one and am having to light it from the front to get it to look bright - if I use a one sided one will it take light from the back too?

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By the way, I'm doing this as I'm going along, trying different things, I just want to know if I'm on the right track... this PC doesn't exactly render at the speed of lightning lol

A reinstall fixes all - Ancient proverb.