Cast Shadow

Apply light that create shadow using shadow mask.

Node Data
FilterArray
Display name
Cast Shadow
Internal name
Node_Shadow_Cast
Inheritances
node
node_processor
node_shadow_cast
Inputs
node_shadow_cast
surface	Background
surface	Solid
vec2	Light Position
float	Soft Light Radius
int	Light Density
enum	Light Type
color	Ambient Color
color	Light Color
float	Light Radius
bool	Render Solid
bool	Use Bg Color
float	Bg Threshold
float	Light Intensity
int	Banding
enum	Attenuation
int	Ambient Occlusion
float	Ambient Occlusion Strength
bool	Active
Outputs
node_shadow_cast
surface	Surface Out
surface	Light Mask

Cast shadow node use raycast to render shadow from different type of light.

Surfaces Properties

Use Bg Color

Toggle this to use Background as shadow caster.

Bg Threshold

The brightness threshold to consider a pixel in Background as a wall.

Light Properties

Cast shadow requires 2 surfaces. A base Background surface and Solid surface act as a shadow caster.

You can check Use Bg Color to use Background for both background and shadow caster.

Light Type

Type of light:

• Point Light emit from a single point in a circular shape.
• Sun Light shines from one direction uniformly.

Light Intensity

The brightness of the light.

Light Radius

Point type, radius of the light.

Light Position

Position of the light, for Sun type, the position determine the light direction.

Soft Shadow Properties

Light Density

Amount of lights used to render soft shadow.

Soft Light Radius

Radius for the ligths cluster, larger radius will increase the width of the soft shadow.

Render Properties

Banding

Discretize light intensity to a number of steps.

Attenuation

Point type, a curve controling how the light got dimmer per distance.

Light Color

Color of the light

Ambient Color

Base ambient color

Render Solid

Whether to draw Solid in the final render.

Ambient Occlusion Properties

Ambient Occlusion

Size of the AO effects.

Ambient Occlusion Strength

Intensity, darkness of the effect.