[SOLVED] Change shadow intensity with code?

Im trying to change the shadows intensity by code and I cant seem to get it to work. The old way wont work with HDRP.
The old way:

Code (CSharp):

1. GetComponent<Light>().shadowStrength = [shadowIntensity];

I have tried to change:

Code (CSharp):

1. HDAdditionalLightData.shadowDimmer

but that makes the whole scene go darker and darker the more I lower it. So shadows dont just go dimmer.

Is there anything I am missing here!?

According to documentation that I have found , shadowDimmer is about fading the shadows. Is this correct?

Any help appreciated.

 

Hi,

These two should work, I don't know the difference as the manual is very brief about everything:
(My version is HDRP 7.3 on Unity 2019.3.7.)

Code (CSharp):

1. hDAdditionalLightData.SetShadowDimmer(value, value);
2. hDAdditionalLightData.shadowDimmer = value;

That SetDimmer allows you also to set the dimming for volumetrics (2nd parameter.)

You need to of course also include the correct namespaces (UnityEngine and UnityEngine.Rendering.HighDefinition.)

P.S. I don't know how literal you were with your code example, but that second one wouldn't do anything anyway as there's no assignment of any sort.

 

I tried:

Code (CSharp):

1. SetShadowDimmer(shadowDimmer, volumetricShadowDimmer)

yesterday but nothing changed.

Today it worked just fine. I need to remember to restart Unity if something is not working correctly next time

Thank you for taking time to help

Here is my code, if it helps anyone:

Code (CSharp):

1.        
2.  
3. // Setting the shadows intensity according to sun location
4.         if(GlobalMethods.floatBetween(currentSunRotation, 190f, 210f)) {
5.             shadowIntensity = Mathf.Lerp(0.0f, shadowMaxIntensity, ((currentSunRotation - 190) / 20));
6.             HDALD.SetShadowDimmer(shadowIntensity, 1f);
7.         } else if(GlobalMethods.floatBetween(currentSunRotation, 330f, 350f)) {
8.             shadowIntensity = Mathf.Lerp(shadowMaxIntensity, 0.0f, ((currentSunRotation - 330) / 20f));
9.             HDALD.SetShadowDimmer(shadowIntensity, 1f);
10.         } else if(GlobalMethods.floatBetween(currentSunRotation, 210f, 330f)) {
11.             HDALD.SetShadowDimmer(shadowMaxIntensity, 1f);
12.         } else {
13.             HDALD.SetShadowDimmer(0f, 1f);
14.         }
15.