--- key: mechanic/game-mechanics--gm-shooting-out-lights type: mechanic id: game-mechanics--gm-shooting-out-lights lang: en title: Shooting out lights summary: >- A shot disables a light source and changes visibility. The player creates a darker route while risking attention from the noise. updatedAt: '2026-10-22' status: active url: >- https://gamemechanics.pro/en/knowledge/mechanic/game-mechanics--gm-shooting-out-lights/ jsonUrl: >- https://gamemechanics.pro/api/v1/knowledge/en/mechanic/game-mechanics--gm-shooting-out-lights.json markdownUrl: >- https://gamemechanics.pro/content/knowledge/en/mechanic/game-mechanics--gm-shooting-out-lights.md aliases: - Shoot out lights tags: - Game design techniques - Stealth - Lights sourceIds: - source-f0d681640c78d0d6 - source-c71f8b5183bc1d91 sources: - id: source-f0d681640c78d0d6 title: 'Game Mechanics: Shooting out lights' url: 'https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/shooting-out-lights' verifiedAt: null - id: source-c71f8b5183bc1d91 title: Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell (2002) url: >- https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/shooting-out-lights/game/tom-clancys-splinter-cell verifiedAt: null relations: [] placements: - catalogId: game-mechanics id: gm-shooting-out-lights title: Game design techniques url: >- https://gamemechanics.pro/en/mechanics/game-mechanics/#gm-shooting-out-lights categoryIds: - gm-category-stealth - gm-category-lights supersededBy: [] attributes: preview: updatedAt: '2026-10-22' title: Shoot out lights description: >- A shot disables a light source and changes visibility. The player creates a darker route while risking attention from the noise. image: src: images/mechanics/interaction-shooting-out-lights.webp width: 600 height: 336 game: Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell sourceUrl: 'https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/shooting-out-lights' originalUrl: >- https://cdn.gamemechanics.org/webm/splinter_cell_shooting_out_lights.webm sourceFrameSeconds: 4.01 credit: Ubisoft Montréal; frame from clip via GameMechanics.org rights: >- Game imagery © its respective rights holders. Source host: GameMechanics.org. Visible source watermarks preserved. All rights reserved; excluded from MIT and CC BY 4.0. caption: Aiming at a ceiling light alt: >- Sam aims a pistol at a ceiling light in Splinter Cell, with the visibility meter on the right. markers: - x: 58 'y': 23 label: Light fixture as a breakable target - x: 93 'y': 72 label: The hero’s visibility meter tips: - Connect extinguished lights to actual detection changes. - Account for guards reacting to the shot and broken lighting. examples: - title: Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell url: 'https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/shooting-out-lights' endsAt: null provenance: >- Editorial reference index based on the 199 public Game Mechanics pattern pages checked on 2026-10-20. Original concise RU/EN definitions by gamemechanics.pro; pattern names, category associations and game-reference URLs retained from gamemechanics.org. The source gallery includes a film analogy. Linked materials retain their original rights; references are upstream attributions, not independent verification. license: CC-BY-4.0 codeLicense: MIT attribution: gamemechanics.pro contributors catalogKey: catalog/game-mechanics --- # Shooting out lights id: game-mechanics--gm-shooting-out-lights type: mechanic key: mechanic/game-mechanics--gm-shooting-out-lights lang: en status: active url: https://gamemechanics.pro/en/knowledge/mechanic/game-mechanics--gm-shooting-out-lights/ A shot disables a light source and changes visibility. The player creates a darker route while risking attention from the noise. ## At a glance ![Sam aims a pistol at a ceiling light in Splinter Cell, with the visibility meter on the right.](https://gamemechanics.pro/images/mechanics/interaction-shooting-out-lights.webp) [Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell](https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/shooting-out-lights) · Game imagery © its respective rights holders. Source host: GameMechanics.org. Visible source watermarks preserved. All rights reserved; excluded from MIT and CC BY 4.0. [Source recording](https://cdn.gamemechanics.org/webm/splinter_cell_shooting_out_lights.webm), 4.01 s 1. Light fixture as a breakable target 2. The hero’s visibility meter - Connect extinguished lights to actual detection changes. - Account for guards reacting to the shot and broken lighting. - [Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell](https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/shooting-out-lights) ## How it works Shooting a light disables illumination and changes local visibility. ## Variants ### How the technique works - Shooting a light disables illumination and changes local visibility. ## Context and limits All 199 Game Mechanics entries at the check date: player actions, systems, presentation techniques and contested patterns. Entries are grouped by their first source-card category; all categories appear in their descriptions. Definitions use original wording. References link to game-specific galleries; images and videos remain at the source. ## Connected materials ## Sources and provenance Editorial reference index based on the 199 public Game Mechanics pattern pages checked on 2026-10-20. Original concise RU/EN definitions by gamemechanics.pro; pattern names, category associations and game-reference URLs retained from gamemechanics.org. The source gallery includes a film analogy. Linked materials retain their original rights; references are upstream attributions, not independent verification. - [Game Mechanics: Shooting out lights](https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/shooting-out-lights) (id: source-f0d681640c78d0d6) - [Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell (2002)](https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/shooting-out-lights/game/tom-clancys-splinter-cell) (id: source-c71f8b5183bc1d91) CC-BY-4.0 · gamemechanics.pro contributors