Making a flashlight. Blinding light when standing near a surface

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On this screenshot I have a flashlight setup - a spot light source with intensity 100 and attenuation radius of 2000.
Is there any way to make it not being so blindingly bright when standing next to a surface? I mean, sure I could just lower the intensity, but then it won’t illuminate anything further than couple meters.

So far the only thing I could think of is making it toggle between long-range light and short-range light like some flashlights do irl.

But I’m more curious about other solutions to this problem, if anyone has any ideas.

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I’m not exactly sure how light function would help in that particular situation… I’m not really familiar with it’s capabilities.

But thanks for the advice regardless! I’ll look into it.

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You have two options.

  1. Use a ray trace. If it hits a target, calculate the distance and lerp the intensity relative to that distance.

  2. Use a light function. Using Light Functions in Unreal Engine | Unreal Engine 5.1 Documentation