Adding Lights at Runtime (URP)

Hi everyone!

Decided to finally post about this because this compilation error has been driving me insane, even though I think the solution should be very simple.

I'm trying to add in a light to my scene via a script. I taking the sample code from the Unity scripting guide as such:

Code (CSharp):

1.  
2. using UnityEngine;
3. using System.Collections;
4. using System.Collections.Generic;
5. using UnityEngine.Rendering.Universal;
6.  
7. public class TestCreateLight : MonoBehaviour
8. {
9.     // Start is called before the first frame update
10.     void Start()
11.     {
12.         GameObject lightGameObject = new GameObject("The Light");
13.         Light lightComp = lightGameObject.AddComponent<Light>();
14.         lightComp.color = Color.blue;
15.         lightGameObject.transform.position = new Vector3(0, 5, 0);
16.  
17.         // UniversalAdditionalLightData lightData = lightGameObject.AddComponent<UniversalAdditionalLightData>();
18.     }
19. }

This sample code returns the following compilation errors:

Error 1:
Assets\Scripts\TestCreateLight.cs(12,43): error CS0311: The type 'Light' cannot be used as type parameter 'T' in the generic type or method 'GameObject.AddComponent<T>()'. There is no implicit reference conversion from 'Light' to 'UnityEngine.Component'.

Error 2:
Assets\Scripts\TestCreateLight.cs(13,27): error CS0029: Cannot implicitly convert type 'UnityEngine.Color' to 'System.Collections.Generic.List<float>'

Any clue as to what I need to do to resolve these compilation errors? Am I missing an import? The strange part is that I can add an UniversalAdditionalLightData component just fine. It even creates a GameObject with a Light component, which I can't access because GetComponent<Light> gives a similar compilation error.

 

Resolved!

Update: Don't have an obscure public class called "Light" in a script tucked away in your project...