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How do I get shadows from bounced light?

Discussion in 'Global Illumination' started by Panhypersebastos, Jan 26, 2020.

  1. Panhypersebastos

    Panhypersebastos

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    The map in my game is a big outdoor area with a number of buildings. I've got a directional light for the outdoors but this leaves the interiors looking very "flat". (See below picture). IRL there should be shadows inside the buildings similar to the below sketch. Is there a suitable way to achieve this with Unity? Right now the workaround that I have been using is to just put a point light above the door but this causes its own problems and is not ideal.



     
    Panhypersebastos, Jan 26, 2020
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  2. JenniferNordwall

    JenniferNordwall

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    Hi

    Could you provide some more info and screenshots of your settings etc? Indirect should cause occlusion etc, so this should work. However, your photo doesn't seem to really have much baked light at all.
     
    JenniferNordwall, Jan 27, 2020
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  3. Panhypersebastos

    Panhypersebastos

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    Here are my light settings. I am assuming that I am making some kind of noob mistake here.

     
    Panhypersebastos, Jan 28, 2020
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  4. JenniferNordwall

    JenniferNordwall

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    First of all, please turn off Realtime GI. You don't really need both.

    And possibly watch a talk I did on the topic:


    Let me know if you have any more questions :)
     
    JenniferNordwall, Jan 30, 2020
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  5. JenniferNordwall

    JenniferNordwall

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    How did it go?
     
    JenniferNordwall, Feb 11, 2020
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