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How to increase shadow render distance?

Discussion in 'Editor & General Support' started by BlakeGillman, Mar 12, 2014.

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  1. BlakeGillman

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    The shadows are rendering at way too low distance. Let me show you:
    $DistanceRender.png

    So as you can see the shadow of the roof doesn't really render on the ground for very long. I do not want people to be walking up to a house and all of a sudden a bunch of shadows appear.
     
    BlakeGillman, Mar 12, 2014
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  2. BlakeGillman

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    Found the answer

    Edit > Project Settings > Quality > Shadow Distance
     
    BlakeGillman, Mar 12, 2014
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  3. AlicanGul29

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    I know I'm going to zombify old thread but... thank you BondoGames, this helped me so much!
     
    AlicanGul29, Jun 27, 2017
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  4. JoeTheGG

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    Just coming to this thread after switching to the LWRP and noticed it is now inside your Render Pipeline Asset. (The one assigned in Graphics Settings. [NOTE: THIS IS ONLY IF USING A SRP])
     
    JoeTheGG, Jun 28, 2018
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  5. ajwad_imran

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    For the HDRP it is in the Volume Settings
     
    ajwad_imran, May 11, 2019
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  6. Rich_A

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    I thought Unity was making an effort to unify all Options into a consistent location? Why is the URP Shadow Distance quality setting not in the Quality Settings window? Where is it now?

    Answer:
    Edit --> Project Settings --> Graphics --> Select the object at the top under 'Scriptable Render Pipeline Settings'
     
    Last edited: Nov 8, 2019
    Rich_A, Nov 8, 2019
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  7. darkAbacus247

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    "Project Settings / HDRP Default Settings / Volume Components / Shadows..."
    This was frustrating...
     
    darkAbacus247, Mar 16, 2020
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  8. lesarch

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    Wow that was hard to find! Thanks for this!
     
    lesarch, Apr 21, 2020
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  9. X3BOOD502

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    i feel so noob searching for this but thank you guys
     
    X3BOOD502, Aug 4, 2020
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  10. prasetion

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    love you all, thanks!!
     
    prasetion, Sep 1, 2020
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  11. deMischa13

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    Holy S***. I'm working in a project based on the HDRP Demo Scene. And I found the relevant setting here:
    Edit- Project Settings - HDRP Default Settings
    There you find Volume Settings and Max Distance vor Shadows.

    I hope this helps some of you guys
     
    deMischa13, Dec 9, 2020
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  12. BreynartStudios

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    Thanks a lot!
     
    BreynartStudios, Mar 26, 2021
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  13. markasuter

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    I selected this (I made my own URP Settings following this video
    ) but still when I click on my "Universal Render Pipeline Asset" and adjust the settings under "Shadows" by setting a max distance of 500, the shadows still only cast within about 30m of the camera.

    Solution: In Project Settings > Quality, make sure the SAME Universal Render Pipeline Asset is selected here as the one in the Graphics Section. Now the Shadow distance adjusts as expected.
     
    markasuter, Mar 26, 2021
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  14. alikun

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    Hey, I know it's an old thread but I couldn't find the shadow Max Distance in HDRP Default Settings because I have no HDRP Default Settings.
    But I found the setting under Shadows tab in Universal Render Pipeline Asset object.

    Edit: My version of Unity Editor is 2021.3.11
     

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    alikun, Oct 26, 2022
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