# Volume lightning
**URL:** https://forum.highend3d.com/t/volume-lightning/60976
**Category:** Xsi
**Tags:** rendering
**Created:** [December 19, 2000, 8:20pm UTC](https://forum.highend3d.com/t/volume-lightning/60976 "2000-12-19T20:20:09Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@usermaya](https://forum.highend3d.com/u/usermaya)
#### Post date: [December 19, 2000, 8:20pm UTC](https://forum.highend3d.com/t/volume-lightning/60976/1 "2000-12-19T20:20:09Z")
please can any one tell me how to use this lightning shader . i tried applying it to an object it didnt work
i tried it for particles in cube (volume) it still doesnt work . does this work at all . how do i define the start and end points for the lightning . please please help and exactly how to do it
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### Author:  [@richard-sher](https://forum.highend3d.com/u/richard-sher)
#### Post date: [December 20, 2000, 8:55pm UTC](https://forum.highend3d.com/t/volume-lightning/60976/2 "2000-12-20T20:55:10Z")
I was told that lightning does not work within xsi yet.
Lightning should work if imported from si3d however.
Try the volumic light property, or fog.
This information is for XSI1.0, I think it's fixed in XSI1.5 (which is shipping in 9 days.)
If you can wait, great, otherwise import it from 3.x.
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### Author:  [@usermaya](https://forum.highend3d.com/u/usermaya)
#### Post date: [December 20, 2000, 9:09pm UTC](https://forum.highend3d.com/t/volume-lightning/60976/3 "2000-12-20T21:09:45Z")
thanks for the information .