Changelog

All notable changes to TightBeam are documented here. This project adheres to Semantic Versioning.

[1.0.0] - 2026-07-02

Initial release.

Added

• A proper, limited-range handheld flashlight: one spotlight that follows the camera with a small hand-held offset and survives scene loads.
• Focus control on ALT + mouse wheel - a single axis from a wide near-flood to a tight far-throw, driving both range and cone angle. Velocity-sensitive: slow scrolling makes fine steps, a fast flick races the beam to the nearest extreme, and the displayed beam eases in smoothly.
• On/off follows the game's own flashlight (your flashlight key) as the single source of truth, so the beam is always in sync and can never drift; TightBeam dims the vanilla point light and shows its own cone.
• Brightness stays within a hard floor and ceiling and is driven by mods via the API - no player brightness keys.
• Soft shadows and a cool-white default tint, both configurable, plus configurable range/angle endpoints, colour, start-on and full key rebinding (MelonPreferences under [TightBeam]).
• Cross-mod control API (TightBeam.Api / the Beam shim): on/off, intensity, range, colour, Blink/Flicker/Pulse, fire-and-forget temporary overrides and a scoped per-field override stack. A safe no-op when TightBeam is absent, so consumer mods need no hard dependency.
• Keeps the game's own equipped-flashlight and phone lamp in sync when a mod override holds the beam dark, so blackout effects read correctly.
• Hotbar ALT+scroll guard so adjusting focus never cycles your hotbar slot.