Cast Shadow but not render the mesh?

Hi -

I'd like to have an invisible enemy that the player can only see via the real-time shadow. Any ideas for how to set that up?

Even a simple capsule shadow would be sufficient. Setting the alpha in the material for the standard shader with Fade or Transparent doesn't work - the shadow disappears too...

Thanks!

 

I think you need a custom transparent shader to do this job.
Something like:

alpha_value = 1.0f - Light.Attenuation;

But some cases like if the enemy is half in the shadow, half out should be cared about.

 

Hmm. Any options other than a custom shader? So far I've been loathe to go there...

 

hide the object to the rendering camera by setting the camera layer

 

Tried that, the shadow disappeared too.

 

MeshRenderer->Cast Shadows->Shadows Only

 

@mouurusai - that worked perfectly! Thank you!

I wish there was an option to give Gold or points or something.

 

@mouurusai - I forgot that option in MeshRenderer, thank you for help!

 

with volume lighting turned on the shadow seems to disappear also - using HDRP.
I have had it working previously, so am not sure

 

when postprocessing, the character becomes a living shadow, how can this be fixed?

 

THNX! i have been looking for this since past two days and finally my problem has fixed
I am extremely Happy