Spotlights or Something
by yurtema
With Spotlights or Something, light blocks throw dynamic cone-shaped beams across a NeoForge world on 1.21.1.
What it does
The mod adds spotlight blocks whose cone-shaped beams are drawn as dynamic light sources. Right-clicking a spotlight opens its settings, and redstone signal strength from 0 to 15 controls brightness. A light renderer preference in the mod settings screen selects which lighting backend draws the beams.
Players who build with Create aeronautics can use compatible cone spotlights, and the mod works with Veil and LambDynamicLights for shader support. Create contraptions such as basic mechanical bearings are not supported, though swivel bearings from aeronautics are. The mod is still in active development and is marked unstable, so the author recommends backing up a world before using it.
Spotlights or Something runs on client and server, so the server and every player need it. It is published only for NeoForge, for 1.21.1, and is released under All rights reserved, which means it is not open source.
Key features
Cone spotlight blocks
Spotlight blocks project a cone-shaped beam whose brightness follows the redstone signal.
Alternative searchlight mode
A LAMB option replaces the cone with a sphere of light where the beam meets the ground, and it reaches beyond 50 blocks.
Light renderer choice
The mod settings screen lets players pick the light renderer, with a note that high render distance and low light range help performance.
Shader-friendly lighting
Beams are built to work with shader packs through Veil or LambDynamicLights, which must be installed alongside.
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Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Use cases
Aeronautics builds
Players building airships in Create aeronautics can light them with cone spotlights.
Who it’s for: Players who build lit scenes or airships on NeoForge 1.21.1, and server owners who want shader-compatible light blocks on a shared world.
Questions
Does Spotlights or Something need LambDynamicLights?
Does the server need the mod?
Are there known problems with Sodium?
More from yurtema
What the author says
This mod adds create aeronautics compatible dynamic cone spotlights using veil or lambdynamiclights. It is still in very active development and may be unstable. I'd recommend backing up your world, just in case:)
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/spotlights-or-something
- Owner
- yurtema
- Published
- 2026-05-28
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-07-14
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15