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+package com.blarg.gdx.tilemap3d.lighting;
+
+import com.badlogic.gdx.graphics.Color;
+import com.badlogic.gdx.graphics.g3d.utils.MeshBuilder;
+import com.badlogic.gdx.math.Matrix4;
+import com.badlogic.gdx.math.Vector3;
+import com.blarg.gdx.graphics.Vertices;
+import com.blarg.gdx.tilemap3d.ChunkVertexGenerator;
+import com.blarg.gdx.tilemap3d.Tile;
+import com.blarg.gdx.tilemap3d.TileChunk;
+import com.blarg.gdx.tilemap3d.TileCoord;
+import com.blarg.gdx.tilemap3d.tilemesh.TileMesh;
+
+public class LitChunkVertexGenerator extends ChunkVertexGenerator {
+	final Vector3 tmpOffset = new Vector3();
+	final Vector3 tmpLightSource = new Vector3();
+	final Color finalLightingColor = new Color();
+
+	@Override
+	protected void addMesh(MeshBuilder builder, Tile tile, TileMesh sourceMesh, TileChunk chunk, TileCoord position, Matrix4 transform, Color color, int firstVertex, int numVertices) {
+		// adjust position by the tilemesh offset. TileMesh's are modeled using the
+		// origin (0,0,0) as the center and are 1 unit wide/deep/tall. So, their
+		// max extents are from -0.5,-0.5,-0.5 to 0.5,0.5,0.5. For rendering
+		// purposes in a chunk, we want the extents to be 0,0,0 to 1,1,1. This
+		// adjustment fixes that
+		tmpOffset.set(TileMesh.OFFSET);
+		tmpOffset.x += (float)position.x;
+		tmpOffset.y += (float)position.y;
+		tmpOffset.z += (float)position.z;
+
+		// figure out what the default lighting value is for this chunk
+		byte defaultLightValue = chunk.tileMap.skyLightValue;
+		if (chunk.tileMap.ambientLightValue > defaultLightValue)
+			defaultLightValue = chunk.tileMap.ambientLightValue;
+
+		Vertices sourceVertices = sourceMesh.getVertices();
+		sourceVertices.moveTo(firstVertex);
+
+		// copy vertices
+		for (int i = 0; i < numVertices; ++i) {
+			sourceVertices.getVertex(vertex);
+
+			// transform if applicable... (this will probably just be per-tile rotation)
+			if (transform != null) {
+				vertex.position.mul(transform);
+				vertex.normal.rot(transform);
+			}
+
+			// translate vertex into "world/tilemap space"
+			vertex.position.add(tmpOffset);
+
+			// the color we set to the chunk mesh determines the brightness (in other words: it is the lighting value)
+
+			// use the tile that's adjacent to this one in the direction that
+			// this vertex's normal is pointing as the light source
+			tmpLightSource.set(vertex.position).add(vertex.normal);
+
+			// if the light source position is off the bounds of the entire world
+			// then use the default light value.
+			// the below call to TileChunk.getWithinSelfOrNeighbour() actually does
+			// do bounds checking, but we would need to cast from float to int
+			// first. this causes some issues when the one or more of the
+			// lightSource x/y/z values are between 0 and -1 (rounds up to 0 when
+			// using a cast). rather then do some weird custom rounding, we just
+			// check for negatives to ensure we catch them and handle it properly
+			// NOTE: this is only a problem currently because world coords are
+			//       always >= 0. this will need to be adjusted if that changes
+			float brightness;
+			if (tmpLightSource.x < 0.0f || tmpLightSource.y < 0.0f || tmpLightSource.z < 0.0f)
+				brightness = Tile.getBrightness(defaultLightValue);
+			else {
+				// light source is within the boundaries of the world, get the
+				// actual tile (may or may not be in a neighbouring chunk)
+				int lightX = (int)tmpLightSource.x - chunk.getMinX();
+				int lightY = (int)tmpLightSource.y - chunk.getMinY();
+				int lightZ = (int)tmpLightSource.z - chunk.getMinZ();
+
+				Tile lightSourceTile = chunk.getWithinSelfOrNeighbourSafe(lightX, lightY, lightZ);
+				if (lightSourceTile == null)
+					brightness = Tile.getBrightness(defaultLightValue);
+				else
+					brightness = lightSourceTile.getBrightness();
+			}
+
+			finalLightingColor.set(
+					vertex.color.r * color.r * brightness,
+					vertex.color.g * color.g * brightness,
+					vertex.color.b * color.b * brightness,
+					vertex.color.a * color.a
+			);
+			vertex.color.set(finalLightingColor);
+
+			builder.vertex(vertex);
+			sourceVertices.moveNext();
+		}
+	}
+}