From 350bc602e0ecd0f93dc2cc90ab34ce09993a687b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nyall Dawson <nyall.dawson@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 22 Oct 2020 12:57:52 +1000
Subject: [PATCH] A newly created 3d map now defaults to a single directional
 light instead of a point light source

These are a better default lighting, because they are simpler to
configure and will lead to more of the scene being immediately lit
by default.
---
 src/app/qgisapp.cpp | 5 ++---
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/app/qgisapp.cpp b/src/app/qgisapp.cpp
index 51e839530975..22a7306ff423 100644
--- a/src/app/qgisapp.cpp
+++ b/src/app/qgisapp.cpp
@@ -13049,9 +13049,8 @@ void QgisApp::new3DMapCanvas()
     flatTerrain->setExtent( fullExtent );
     map->setTerrainGenerator( flatTerrain );
 
-    QgsPointLightSettings defaultPointLight;
-    defaultPointLight.setConstantAttenuation( 0 );
-    map->setPointLights( QList<QgsPointLightSettings>() << defaultPointLight );
+    // new scenes default to a single directional light
+    map->setDirectionalLights( QList<QgsDirectionalLightSettings>() << QgsDirectionalLightSettings() );
     map->setOutputDpi( QgsApplication::desktop()->logicalDpiX() );
 
     dock->setMapSettings( map );