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Is it possible to use lights casting shadows in Hololens with Unity?
I'm trying to cast shadows from one light in Unity Hololens special edition, but although I set properly the light shadows do not appear.
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Amunyoz,
It is indeed possibly to make lights casting shadows in Unity! One thing to keep in mind here is performance. For this reason I would suggest only one shadow casting light per scene and making it a directional or spot light (point and are lights are much more expensive).A few things to check:
Make sure you are using a shader that allows casting shadows (Which shader are you using?).
Make sure the mesh renderer component is set to cast shadows on and recieve shadows is checked
Check your performance settings dialog to make sure it is allowing shadows: http://docs.unity3d.com/Manual/class-QualitySettings.htmlCheers,
Ryan6
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So you have a light source, and two objects with one positioned so that it would partially block the light source hitting the other object?
Amunyoz,
It is indeed possibly to make lights casting shadows in Unity! One thing to keep in mind here is performance. For this reason I would suggest only one shadow casting light per scene and making it a directional or spot light (point and are lights are much more expensive).
A few things to check:
Make sure you are using a shader that allows casting shadows (Which shader are you using?).
Make sure the mesh renderer component is set to cast shadows on and recieve shadows is checked
Check your performance settings dialog to make sure it is allowing shadows: http://docs.unity3d.com/Manual/class-QualitySettings.html
Cheers,
Ryan