Coral

Coral gives important places local physical light. It helps visual animals read a habitat, but it does not currently grow, feed or add edible biomass.

At a glance

ProvidesPhysical lightThe same light reaches rendering and animal vision.

Attached toRockAnchored coral follows its terrain when that layer moves.

Changes withA gentle pulseEnergy varies while the authored shape stays fixed.

ContributesNo foodCoral is not a feeding or population system today.

What coral changes

Its coloured light travels through water, fades with distance and murk, and is blocked by rock. A sighted animal can therefore receive different evidence near a coral-lit site.

What it does not change

Coral does not replace film, create nutrition or define species clearance. Rock and carved water remain the physical habitat.

How to use it

Light junctions, nurseries and striking geological forms after the habitat works. Use several restrained emitters rather than making every surface equally bright.

Why it remains visible

The Enceladus preset removes useful downwelling light but keeps local physical emitters. Observer illumination is separate, so the dark ecology remains watchable.