Hello!
- What determines the depth of sprite shadows is the depth of the ShadowGroup, since sprite shadows are drawn inside a surface, to apply a blur later (if desired).
Remember that all these shadows and lights are 2D simulations with depth, and do not work like in 3D, where the shadow reaches everything dynamically, so it can be a bit tricky to adjust the depth, unfortunately this is a problem in 2D games in general.
- This is only possible for Vertex Shadows currently.
You're welcome ^^
Thanks for your quick reply! :)
Ahhh, I see. Performance wise, is it an issue to create a group per sprite shadow/object to have individual depth values per shadow?
Can we access the buffer/surface the sprite shadows are drawn on and render them individually?
Also, ist it possible to find out whether and where an object is collides with a (sprite) shadow? This would be interesting because - if there is access to the sprite shadow buffer(s) - the shadow could be distorted by other objects behind the one that casts the shadow to mimic a more three dimensional shadow.
Vertex shaders look really cool, but they act more like occluders, right? Or are the mesh shadows able to cast shadows similar to sprite shadows where there is a certain shape to them?
Creating a group for each shadow would be extremely cumbersome, since it would mean 1 full-screen surface for each shadow.
I was looking at the code and it looks like I can add depth support via the depth buffer. This would make it possible to have just 1 group with multiple shadows at different depths. I'll look into that later.
You can detect collisions with shadows and lights using .GetLightsCollisionAt()
Yes, all shadows have the functionality of blocking light, except sprite shadows, which also allow drawing in ambient occlusion pass.
Depth support via the depth buffer would be amazing, thanks for looking into that!
I see, so only when using vertex shadows, you could have objects blocking light? My only issue with vertex shadows is that they seem to be less fitting for games with a 3/4 perspective whereas sprite shadows look more natural to me in those settings. But I'll look into what you can do with vertex shadows a little more.
Edit: This video by FriendlyCosmonaut shows the type of shadow I'm trying to integrate. Thag's only possible with Sprite Shadows, right?
