From 1c10988d6a19b06ac9c64e83675a76dea29cad2e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: x2048 <codeforsmile@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2022 22:40:26 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Fix entity visiblity in bright artificial light (#12906)

---
 src/client/content_cao.cpp | 8 ++++++--
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/client/content_cao.cpp b/src/client/content_cao.cpp
index c43ca8696..255eff52a 100644
--- a/src/client/content_cao.cpp
+++ b/src/client/content_cao.cpp
@@ -883,10 +883,14 @@ void GenericCAO::updateLight(u32 day_night_ratio)
 	if (!pos_ok)
 		light_at_pos = LIGHT_SUN;
 
+	// Initialize with full alpha, otherwise entity won't be visible
+	video::SColor light{0xFFFFFFFF};
+
 	// Encode light into color, adding a small boost
 	// based on the entity glow.
-	video::SColor light = encode_light(light_at_pos, m_prop.glow);
-	if (!m_enable_shaders)
+	if (m_enable_shaders)
+		light = encode_light(light_at_pos, m_prop.glow);
+	else
 		final_color_blend(&light, light_at_pos, day_night_ratio);
 
 	if (light != m_last_light) {