ShadowMode

Types

• enum SkyMode

Type members

• class var godotClassName: StringName

Instance members

• var directionalShadowBlendSplits: Bool

  If true, shadow detail is sacrificed in exchange for smoother transitions between splits. Enabling shadow blend splitting also has a moderate performance cost. This is ignored when directionalShadowMode is .shadowOrthogonal.

• var directionalShadowFadeStart: Double

  Proportion of directionalShadowMaxDistance at which point the shadow starts to fade. At directionalShadowMaxDistance, the shadow will disappear. The default value is a balance between smooth fading and distant shadow visibility. If the camera moves fast and the directionalShadowMaxDistance is low, consider lowering directionalShadowFadeStart below 0.8 to make shadow transitions less noticeable. On the other hand, if you tuned directionalShadowMaxDistance to cover the entire scene, you can set directionalShadowFadeStart to 1.0 to prevent the shadow from fading in the distance (it will suddenly cut off instead).

• var directionalShadowMaxDistance: Double

  The maximum distance for shadow splits. Increasing this value will make directional shadows visible from further away, at the cost of lower overall shadow detail and performance (since more objects need to be included in the directional shadow rendering).

• var directionalShadowMode: DirectionalLight3D.ShadowMode

  The light’s shadow rendering algorithm. See ShadowMode.

• var directionalShadowPancakeSize: Double

  Sets the size of the directional shadow pancake. The pancake offsets the start of the shadow’s camera frustum to provide a higher effective depth resolution for the shadow. However, a high pancake size can cause artifacts in the shadows of large objects that are close to the edge of the frustum. Reducing the pancake size can help. Setting the size to 0 turns off the pancaking effect.

• var directionalShadowSplit1: Double

  The distance from camera to shadow split 1. Relative to directionalShadowMaxDistance. Only used when directionalShadowMode is .shadowParallel2Splits or .shadowParallel4Splits.

• var directionalShadowSplit2: Double

  The distance from shadow split 1 to split 2. Relative to directionalShadowMaxDistance. Only used when directionalShadowMode is .shadowParallel4Splits.

• var directionalShadowSplit3: Double

  The distance from shadow split 2 to split 3. Relative to directionalShadowMaxDistance. Only used when directionalShadowMode is .shadowParallel4Splits.

• var skyMode: DirectionalLight3D.SkyMode

  Set whether this DirectionalLight3D is visible in the sky, in the scene, or both in the sky and in the scene. See SkyMode for options.