# Light Explorer **URL:** \ **Category:** Community & Industry Discussion\ **Tags:** unreal-engine\ **Created:** [January 12, 2020, 9:55pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/light-explorer/136381 "2020-01-12T21:55:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![BrUnO\_XaVIeR](https://d1ap1mz92jnks1.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.unrealengine.com/bruno_xavier/32/1110230_2.png) [@BrUnO\_XaVIeR](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/BrUnO_XaVIeR)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2020, 9:55pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/light-explorer/136381/1 "2020-01-12T21:55:39Z")
heh… Hello again 🙂 For whatever reason, Epic never added this tool to the editor which is already present in many creative applications (Maya, Unity, others). So I took the time this sunday to build it and submit it for us! It should be available on Marketplace someday (free) This is a simple tool for the editor to help us navigate, locate and edit light sources quicker. Its usage is pretty much self-explanatory: [![](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/b/0/d/b0d19c77d1c7ce868341dfdcf9ef14c3617809a4.png) ](https://i.imgur.com/mMyQzgz.png) [![](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/b/c/7/bc7a3fe4716329cdc4b72e213785e5017fb097f2.png) ](https://i.imgur.com/4twsdbI.png) ![](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/a/b/8/ab8f6da0ca7ecb7f7dbbdc09f4b3555a6c686615.jpeg) [HR][/HR] [![](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/c/f/c/cfcdfb08686a93690a5d2e0af862a88c4272fc11.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/FU7iwzB.png) [![](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/9/f/b/9fb530260deb016cc45c0c48f4a9db35701ca7e3.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/IgUJCQK.png) [![](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/3/7/d/37da4d682dbbec7eae1a9a1e91266e6c5a29d9ba.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/sSwmgpN.png) ---
**Author:** ![BrUnO\_XaVIeR](https://d1ap1mz92jnks1.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.unrealengine.com/bruno_xavier/32/1110230_2.png) [@BrUnO\_XaVIeR](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/BrUnO_XaVIeR)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2020, 9:56pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/light-explorer/136381/2 "2020-01-12T21:56:20Z")
Known Issues: - Epic didn’t add any icons to the editor for _Rect Lights_ yet. ---
**Author:** ![BrUnO\_XaVIeR](https://d1ap1mz92jnks1.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.unrealengine.com/bruno_xavier/32/1110230_2.png) [@BrUnO\_XaVIeR](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/BrUnO_XaVIeR)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2020, 4:17pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/light-explorer/136381/3 "2020-01-24T16:17:05Z")
Record review speed by the Marketplace team! This one already released 😃 > **[Light Explorer in Code Plugins - UE Marketplace](https://unrealengine.com/marketplace/en-US/product/light-explorer)** > > Simple Editor Tool to help navigate, locate and edit light sources quicker. ---
**Author:** ![ThatLittleSpider](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@ThatLittleSpider](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/ThatLittleSpider)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2020, 11:58am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/light-explorer/136381/4 "2020-01-28T11:58:05Z")
Oh my god. This is a much needed thing for Unreal Engine. Happy to see this. ---
**Author:** ![Cpt.Trips](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@Cpt.Trips](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/Cpt.Trips)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2020, 1:45pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/light-explorer/136381/5 "2020-02-03T13:45:38Z")
**[BrUnO XaVIeR](https://forums.unrealengine.com/member/434-bruno-xavier)**, you are the best! Your free plugins deserve a MegaGrant. ---
**Author:** ![noicevstime](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@noicevstime](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/noicevstime)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2020, 1:59am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/light-explorer/136381/6 "2020-11-19T01:59:28Z")
Thank you for making the plugin and share it as a free tool. Much appreciate it. ---
**Author:** ![BrUnO\_XaVIeR](https://d1ap1mz92jnks1.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.unrealengine.com/bruno_xavier/32/1110230_2.png) [@BrUnO\_XaVIeR](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/BrUnO_XaVIeR)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2020, 2:04am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/light-explorer/136381/7 "2020-11-19T02:04:46Z")
> [@noicevstime](#): > > Thank you for making the plugin and share it as a free tool. Much appreciate it. No problem, I do these little tools on weekends as “_exercise_” to understand the engine a little bit better each time. I’m super glad it’s actually useful to more unreal developers out there, instead of keeping it only to my closed circle 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![BrUnO\_XaVIeR](https://d1ap1mz92jnks1.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.unrealengine.com/bruno_xavier/32/1110230_2.png) [@BrUnO\_XaVIeR](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/BrUnO_XaVIeR)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2021, 12:56pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/light-explorer/136381/8 "2021-06-04T12:56:17Z")
There’s a prebuilt plugin binary for Unreal 5 (alpha) that I’ve uploaded here: > **[LightExplorer\_1.0.5\_UE5.zip](https://www.dropbox.com/s/s17foh1f2idl1b0/LightExplorer_1.0.5_UE5.zip?dl=0)** > > Shared with Dropbox * * * I’d like to point to new users that if you click the light named button on the panel, the viewport will navigate to then select and focus the light source. Some devs seem to be unaware of that 😉 ![LightExplorer_UE5](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/3X/e/1/e1d175edbe6993c4d340cc9d863ae17eb297e60f.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![overreal](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@overreal](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/overreal)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2021, 8:31am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/light-explorer/136381/9 "2021-06-28T08:31:16Z")
Can you add option not to show in toolbar. The toolbar is getting cluttered ---
**Author:** ![falkbeard](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@falkbeard](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/falkbeard)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2023, 10:56am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/light-explorer/136381/10 "2023-07-30T10:56:54Z")
Possibility to purchase this as an editor utility widget instead of it being on the toolbar? I’d like to integrate this into my pipeline interface ---
**Author:** ![BrUnO\_XaVIeR](https://d1ap1mz92jnks1.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.unrealengine.com/bruno_xavier/32/1110230_2.png) [@BrUnO\_XaVIeR](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/BrUnO_XaVIeR)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2024, 12:24am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/light-explorer/136381/11 "2024-05-12T00:24:11Z")
Submitted update for Unreal 5.4; The menu button have moved to the ‘Tools’ section: ![291614](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/0/b/1/0b1ceecc61b186c67cbb7fc949f457bb63e14eaa.png) ---
**Author:** ![imtrobin2](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@imtrobin2](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/imtrobin2)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2025, 12:31pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/light-explorer/136381/12 "2025-03-08T12:31:55Z")
Can you please make option to disable toolbar? I have too many toolbar buttons. ---
**Author:** ![dsblackfire](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@dsblackfire](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/dsblackfire)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2025, 7:24pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/light-explorer/136381/13 "2025-06-30T19:24:49Z")
it seems to be the same or less than the in\_engine Light Mixer tool at least in UE 5\_6 ---
**Author:** ![BrUnO\_XaVIeR](https://d1ap1mz92jnks1.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.unrealengine.com/bruno_xavier/32/1110230_2.png) [@BrUnO\_XaVIeR](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/BrUnO_XaVIeR)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2025, 5:38pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/light-explorer/136381/14 "2025-07-03T17:38:52Z")
Maybe. But this one came first 😉