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Troubleshoot hardware shadows produce unexpected results
Troubleshoot shadows
Troubleshoot shadows flicker over animations
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Troubleshoot lights don’t cast shadows
Check that the light's
Illuminates by Default
attribute is on when no light linking is intended.
Make sure
Cast Shadows
or
Receive Shadows
are turned on for the object.
If a shadow depth map is expected, check that
Enable Depth Maps
is turned on in
Render Settings
window (
Window > Rendering Editors > Render Settings
).
If a raytraced shadow is expected, check that the
Ray Depth Limit
(for the light and in
Render Settings
window) are turned up to a sufficient limit.
