From 7dff58205c8742503174ac68e72eed2f5fa40b30 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: TiviPlus <57223640+TiviPlus@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 8 Sep 2021 22:03:43 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] var/static_lighting proper varedit support (#61164)

per title it creates/destroys the lighting objects now
---
 code/modules/lighting/lighting_area.dm        |  6 ++++++
 code/modules/lighting/static_lighting_area.dm | 16 ++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 22 insertions(+)

diff --git a/code/modules/lighting/lighting_area.dm b/code/modules/lighting/lighting_area.dm
index caf7ed244fd..fcb76e9ee20 100644
--- a/code/modules/lighting/lighting_area.dm
+++ b/code/modules/lighting/lighting_area.dm
@@ -27,6 +27,12 @@
 		if("base_lighting_alpha")
 			set_base_lighting(new_alpha = var_value)
 			return TRUE
+		if("static_lighting")
+			if(!static_lighting)
+				create_area_lighting_objects()
+			else
+				remove_area_lighting_objects()
+
 	return ..()
 
 /area/proc/update_base_lighting()
diff --git a/code/modules/lighting/static_lighting_area.dm b/code/modules/lighting/static_lighting_area.dm
index 150ee669e54..059a80d02d2 100644
--- a/code/modules/lighting/static_lighting_area.dm
+++ b/code/modules/lighting/static_lighting_area.dm
@@ -15,3 +15,19 @@ GLOBAL_DATUM_INIT(fullbright_overlay, /mutable_appearance, create_fullbright_ove
 //Non static lighting areas.
 //Any lighting area that wont support static lights.
 //These areas will NOT have corners generated.
+
+///regenerates lighting objects for turfs in this area, primary use is VV changes
+/area/proc/create_area_lighting_objects()
+	for(var/turf/T in src)
+		if(T.always_lit)
+			continue
+		T.lighting_build_overlay()
+		CHECK_TICK
+
+///Removes lighting objects from turfs in this area if we have them, primary use is VV changes
+/area/proc/remove_area_lighting_objects()
+	for(var/turf/T in src)
+		if(T.always_lit)
+			continue
+		T.lighting_clear_overlay()
+		CHECK_TICK