diff --git a/render/basic_lights_2d/example.md b/render/basic_lights_2d/example.md
index b2c34698..d916182c 100644
--- a/render/basic_lights_2d/example.md
+++ b/render/basic_lights_2d/example.md
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ Passing `mtx_view` also keeps the material correct if the scene would later use
 The include declares the engine-owned light buffer and provides two helpers used here:
 
 - `ambient_light()` returns the accumulated Ambient Light contribution.
-- `diffuse_lambert(normal, position)` evaluates the active Directional, Point, and Spot lights up to `MAX_LIGHT_COUNT`.
+- `diffuse_lambert(normal, position, var_view)` evaluates the active Directional, Point, and Spot lights up to `MAX_LIGHT_COUNT`, using the view matrix to transform the lights into view space.
 
 Sprites have positions and texture coordinates, but no normal vertex attribute.
 This example treats every sprite as a flat surface facing positive Z
diff --git a/render/basic_lights_2d/example/lit_sprite.fp b/render/basic_lights_2d/example/lit_sprite.fp
index c2494975..970231c2 100644
--- a/render/basic_lights_2d/example/lit_sprite.fp
+++ b/render/basic_lights_2d/example/lit_sprite.fp
@@ -15,6 +15,6 @@ void main()
 {
     vec4 color = texture(texture_sampler, var_texcoord0);
     vec3 normal = normalize((var_view * vec4(0.0, 0.0, 1.0, 0.0)).xyz);
-    vec3 light = ambient_light() + diffuse_lambert(normal, var_position.xyz);
+    vec3 light = ambient_light() + diffuse_lambert(normal, var_position.xyz, var_view);
     out_fragColor = vec4(color.rgb * light, color.a);
 }
diff --git a/render/directional_light_shadows/example/materials/directional_shadow_receiver.fp b/render/directional_light_shadows/example/materials/directional_shadow_receiver.fp
index 4056e9a4..225345b5 100644
--- a/render/directional_light_shadows/example/materials/directional_shadow_receiver.fp
+++ b/render/directional_light_shadows/example/materials/directional_shadow_receiver.fp
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ in highp vec4 var_position;
 in mediump vec3 var_normal;
 in mediump vec2 var_texcoord0;
 
-// Required by /builtins/materials/lighting.glsl. Its helper functions use this
+// Passed to /builtins/materials/lighting.glsl. Its helper functions use this
 // matrix to transform light positions and directions from world to view space.
 in highp mat4 var_view;
 
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ uniform fs_uniforms
 #include "/example/materials/shadows.glsl"
 
 
-// Equivalent to Defold's diffuse_lambert(view_normal, view_position),
+// Equivalent to Defold's diffuse_lambert(view_normal, view_position, var_view),
 // except that directional-light contributions are multiplied by shadow visibility.
 // Point and spot lights are not affected by this directional shadow map.
 vec3 shadowed_diffuse_lambert(vec3 view_normal, vec3 view_position)
@@ -58,14 +58,14 @@ vec3 shadowed_diffuse_lambert(vec3 view_normal, vec3 view_position)
 		}
 
 		// Calculate the light contribution for the current light.
-		vec3 light_contribution = diffuse_lambert(i, view_normal, view_position);
+		vec3 light_contribution = diffuse_lambert(i, view_normal, view_position, var_view);
 
 		// If the light is directional, calculate the shadow visibility.
 		if (int(lights[i].params.x) == LIGHT_DIRECTIONAL)
 		{
 			// This is the same normalized direction convention used internally
 			// by Defold's directional branch in diffuse_lambert().
-			highp vec3 direction_to_light = -world_to_view_dir(lights[i].direction_range.xyz);
+			highp vec3 direction_to_light = -world_to_view_dir(lights[i].direction_range.xyz, var_view);
 
 			// Calculate the shadow visibility for the current light.
 			light_contribution *= directional_shadow_visibility(