[Feature Request] Directional Light Variable Penumbra Shadows

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This is a huge feature I’ve been wanting ever since I needed it with UE3. The sun rarely produces sharp shadows in real life, yet I can never get a directional light to cast variable penumbral shadows, where the shadow gets increasingly softer further from the shadow casting object. I know you can do this with point lights by setting the light source radius (though it doesn’t seem affecting the shadows in Rocket. It worked as expected in UE3). Is there a technical reason why this is not supported with stationary directional lights?

Example:

http://freesdk.crydev.net/download/attachments/131633/shadowBias1.jpg

Edit: Just to be clear, I’m talking about baked shadows, not realtime. Though realtime would be awesome! :slight_smile:

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Hello James,

I reviewed your request and entered it into our database. I found a similar command “Shadow Filter Sharpen” that will manipulate the penumbra, but it is not based on distance from the light source. Thank you for your request!

  • Alexander
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7 years later, we got anything like this yet?