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Objects with transparent shaders don't receive shadows.

Discussion in 'Shaders' started by EnsurdFrndship, Dec 30, 2015.

  1. EnsurdFrndship

    EnsurdFrndship

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    Hi,
    I was wondering if there is a way to write a shader to where I can change the alpha, and at the same time, the objects they use receives shadows. It seems like if I want to use a transparent material on an object, it doesn't receive shadows. I am also not talking about cutouts either (where it is either fully opaque or transparent). Thank you.
     
    EnsurdFrndship, Dec 30, 2015
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  2. StevenGerrard

    StevenGerrard

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    Do NOT use transparent render queue.
    Then you can receive shadows.
     
    StevenGerrard, Dec 31, 2015
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  3. EnsurdFrndship

    EnsurdFrndship

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    I am surprised that there is no workaround.
     
    EnsurdFrndship, Dec 31, 2015
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  4. bgolus

    bgolus

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    bgolus, Dec 31, 2015
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  5. Reanimate_L

    Reanimate_L

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    do you have small sample of it @bgolus?
     
    Reanimate_L, Jan 3, 2016
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  6. bgolus

    bgolus

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    Unfortunately no, though some people have posted images and videos of it I don't have any code samples to link to and I haven't implemented myself yet as the project I'm on isn't using 5.3 yet.
     
    bgolus, Jan 4, 2016
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