Merging phase 1 of the BGE Harmony branch:

* Shadow color now usable in the BGE
 * Simplified the shadow panel while "Blender Game" renderer is active
 * Added variance shadow maps for the BGE
 * Buffered shadows on sun lamps in the BGE (orthographic)
 * Light textures in the BGE

source/gameengine/VideoTexture/Texture.cpp

@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/lesser.txt.
 #include <structmember.h>
 
 #include <KX_GameObject.h>
+#include <KX_Light.h>
 #include <RAS_MeshObject.h>
 #include <DNA_mesh_types.h>
 #include <DNA_meshdata_types.h>
@@ -59,6 +60,7 @@ http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/lesser.txt.
 
 // Blender GameObject type
 BlendType<KX_GameObject> gameObjectType ("KX_GameObject");
+BlendType<KX_LightObject> lightObjectType ("KX_LightObject");
 
 
 // load texture
@@ -105,6 +107,16 @@ RAS_IPolyMaterial * getMaterial (PyObject *obj, short matID)
 	return NULL;
 }
 
+// get pointer to a lamp
+KX_LightObject * getLamp(PyObject *obj)
+{
+	// if object is available
+	if (obj == NULL) return NULL;
+
+	// returns NULL if obj is not a KX_LightObject
+	return lightObjectType.checkType(obj);
+}
+
 
 // get material ID
 short getMaterialID(PyObject * obj, const char *name)
@@ -206,6 +218,7 @@ int Texture_init (Texture *self, PyObject *args, PyObject *kwds)
 		{
 			// get pointer to texture image
 			RAS_IPolyMaterial * mat = getMaterial(obj, matID);
+			KX_LightObject * lamp = getLamp(obj);
 			if (mat != NULL)
 			{
 				// is it blender material or polygon material
@@ -227,6 +240,12 @@ int Texture_init (Texture *self, PyObject *args, PyObject *kwds)
 					self->m_useMatTexture = false;
 				}
 			}
+			else if (lamp != NULL)
+			{
+				self->m_imgTexture = lamp->GetTextureImage(texID);
+				self->m_useMatTexture = false;
+			}
+
 			// check if texture is available, if not, initialization failed
 			if (self->m_imgTexture == NULL && self->m_matTexture == NULL)
 				// throw exception if initialization failed