diff --git a/code/game/atoms.dm b/code/game/atoms.dm
index 186a156ba5..f0851201d9 100644
--- a/code/game/atoms.dm
+++ b/code/game/atoms.dm
@@ -649,6 +649,42 @@
 	var/turf/T = get_turf(src)
 	. += "<br><font size='1'>[ADMIN_COORDJMP(T)]</font>"
 
+/atom/vv_edit_var(var_name, var_value)
+	switch(var_name)
+		if(NAMEOF(src, light_range))
+			if(light_system == STATIC_LIGHT)
+				set_light(l_range = var_value)
+			else
+				set_light_range(var_value)
+			. =  TRUE
+		if(NAMEOF(src, light_power))
+			if(light_system == STATIC_LIGHT)
+				set_light(l_power = var_value)
+			else
+				set_light_power(var_value)
+			. =  TRUE
+		if(NAMEOF(src, light_color))
+			if(light_system == STATIC_LIGHT)
+				set_light(l_color = var_value)
+			else
+				set_light_color(var_value)
+			. =  TRUE
+		if(NAMEOF(src, light_on))
+			set_light_on(var_value)
+			. =  TRUE
+		if(NAMEOF(src, light_flags))
+			set_light_flags(var_value)
+			. =  TRUE
+		if(NAMEOF(src, opacity))
+			set_opacity(var_value)
+			. =  TRUE
+
+	if(!isnull(.))
+		datum_flags |= DF_VAR_EDITED
+		return
+		
+	. = ..()
+
 /atom/proc/atom_say(message)
 	if(!message)
 		return