Hello everyone!
First post in this forum, so treat me gently 
I've been using jME for some time now but wouldn't exactly call myself an experienced programmer, but I'm learning a lot as I go along.
I am currently working on a small game similar to the Flag Rush Tutorial, just to learn some more about the engine.
So here is the question:
I want to attach a spotlight to a node (imagine headlights coming out of a car). What would be the best way to go about doing this? My project is set up similar to the Flag Rush Tutorial with a player-node class. I've been experimenting with the LightNode and LightState classes but haven't been able to get anything to show up in-game.
look at this tutorial:
http://www.jmonkeyengine.com/wiki/doku.php?id=starter:hello_animation
that should help