Best way to prevent shadows from crossing walls?
kmunoz
Newcomer
I'm working on a "tomb" area, which means that there are no internal light sources. As a result, I can't completely justify using Lights, since they are all noticeably "sourced." (I have a current workaround I'm using that pretends there are light sources in the doorways, but I'm not 100% satisfied with it.) So I'm using Wall Shadows - Directional for all of my shadows, so that the only light source is a global sun source that essentially abstracts the lighting of each room.
Here's my problem: the shadows are passing through the walls. See the example below. Any suggestions on how to fix this? I can't move the global sun position, since that will just push the problem to another area on the map. And if I make the shadow length really small, it sort of defeats the purpose.
Here's my problem: the shadows are passing through the walls. See the example below. Any suggestions on how to fix this? I can't move the global sun position, since that will just push the problem to another area on the map. And if I make the shadow length really small, it sort of defeats the purpose.
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I notice in your top drawing that your shadows appear on top of your walls though. This leads me to believe you have a non-optimal sheet order. Walls should appear after symbols in the sheet list. This will cause them to be drawn on top of the shadows instead of below them, and make the wall shadow issue far less noticeable, especially when you have wall shadows enabled for the walls as well, as the two shadows will be merged.