BetterLight mod for Minecraft beta 1.7.3 (client side)

This is a small mod that improves lighting in Beta. Mod is completely client side.

Content list:

• Color lights (for any light sources including modded);
• API for light sources registration;
• Custom AO calculation.

Compatibility:

• Compatible with GLSL (tested);
• Compatible with BNB (will also have internal support);
• Should be compatible with other rendering-related mods.

Realisation Details:

• Colored lights uses simple linear interpolations and vertex coloring;
• AO uses some smart calculations to prevent too dark areas and light leaks;

Realisation Limitation:

• Colored light only affect small area around block;
• Light mixing can result with white color;
• Light sources are not too bright.

Requires Fabric Legacy and Station API (1.3.1)

How to install (MultiMC):

• Download MultiMC instance and import it as zip
• Download Station API and import it as a mod in MultiMC
• Import this mod

Setup

• Dev: "gradlew eclipse" or "gradlew rebuildLVT genSources eclipse"
• Build: "gradlew build"

Lights API

You can add custom light sources inside special registration event.

Note: Light source shouldn't have vanilla emission, it can be any block (like, for example, wool).

Event registration:

LightRegistry.EVENT.register(new LightRegistry() {
	// Register light for specified block ID & meta
	LightColors.setBlockLight(your_block_id, your_block_meta, color);
	
	// Register light for specified block ID
	// Will be applied to all meta values
	// (Except meta that was already defined by function above)
	LightColors.setBlockLight(your_block_id, color);
	
	// Same as the first function, but takes a block instead of integer
	LightColors.setBlockLight(your_block, your_block_meta, color);
	
	// Same as the second function, but takes a block instead of integer
	LightColors.setBlockLight(your_block, color);
}

Color is an integer color representation (6 bites), there are some helpful functions to calculate this value from RGB or from hex string:

int rgbColor = LightColors.getColor(r, g, b); // Color from RRB ints [0-255]
int hexColor = LightColors.getColor("ffffff"); // White color
	
// Will calculate average color of bright texture pixels
// Should be called only inside LightRegistry event
int texColor = LightColors.getTextureColor(textureID);
    
// Will return vanilla (tweaked) color
// Same meta order as dyes have
// based on brighten wool colors
int dyeColor = LightColors.getVanillaLight(meta);

You can also use Java AWT color RGB value as a color:

LightRegistry.EVENT.register(new LightRegistry() {
	LightColors.setBlockLight(BlockBase.WOOD, Color.RED.getRGB());
}