A light effect control method, computer program product and device are presented which allow an application to render a light effect by a networked lighting system based on the method, computer program product or device receiving an event being from the application. To provide a better user experience, light effects related to certain events need to be rendered even if a delay in rendering is expected whereas light effects related to other events need to be rendered without delay or else not rendered at all. As such, a decision is made to execute a first or a second scenario based on the event type of the event received and/or the capacity of the networked lighting system, wherein in the first scenario the lighting control command is always sent to the networked lighting system and in the second scenario the lighting control command is only sent to the networked lighting system if no unacceptable delay in rendering the light effect is expected.