How does Minecraft compute lighting for it's non-block objects?

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Published on 2012-02-29T08:34:41Z Indexed on 2012/04/15 17:50 UTC
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I was wondering how the creator of Minecraft went about lighting the objects (player and pickaxe) based on the lighting level around the player. I have implemented the ability to light the blocks around the player but I can't really think of anyway to implement with objects. Also, when I the player moves and the lighting values change will I have to rebuild it's vertexbuffers? Or is there some other way?

Any ideas?

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