using lightfunctions for custom lighting effects?

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hi, is it possible to use the lightfunctions to emulate custom lighting effects that were possible back in the UDK days?
talking about an effect like this:
(taken from this tutoiral:Planet Earth Material Shader for UDK - Dave Newson)

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or is there ANY other way to get access to the lightvector and use it for material operations?
perhaps via blueprint?

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i believe i found a thread discussing this:
https://answers.unrealengine.com/questions/86285/undefined.html