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I was looking at all issues with the mention of "shadows" in order to see if there was one that tackled issues with point light shadows. Currently on 0.13:
I saw you mentioned point lights in a commit msg in the branch you linked to, so I'm guessing this is the right place. Commenting in order to show that the issue is still relevant and perhaps others wondering about point lights might see this and can subscribe to the issue too. |
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@torsteingrindvik That is point light PCF, not PCSS, and I added it a while ago in |
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[Percentage-closer soft shadows] are a technique from 2004 that allow shadows to become blurrier as objects become farther apart. A new example, `pcss`, has been added. It demonstrates the percentage-closer soft shadow technique with directional lights, point lights, non-temporal operation, and temporal operation. The assets are my original work. Fixes bevyengine#3631. [Percentage-closer soft shadows]: https://developer.download.nvidia.com/shaderlibrary/docs/shadow_PCSS.pdf
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[*Percentage-closer soft shadows*] are a technique from 2004 that allow shadows to become blurrier farther from the objects that cast them. It works by introducing a *blocker search* step that runs before the normal shadow map sampling. The blocker search step detects the difference between the depth of the fragment being rasterized and the depth of the nearby samples in the depth buffer. Larger depth differences result in a larger penumbra and therefore a blurrier shadow. To enable PCSS, fill in the `soft_shadow_size` value in `DirectionalLight` or `PointLight`. This shadow size value represents the size of the light and should be tuned as appropriate for your scene. Higher values result in a wider penumbra (i.e. blurrier shadows). When using PCSS, temporal shadow maps (`ShadowFilteringMethod::Temporal`) are recommended. If you don't use `ShadowFilteringMethod::Temporal` and instead use `ShadowFilteringMethod::Gaussian`, Bevy will use the same technique as `Temporal`, but the result won't vary over time. This produces a rather noisy result. Doing better would likely require downsampling the shadow map, which would be complex and slower (and would require PR bevyengine#13003 to land first). A new example, `pcss`, has been added. It demonstrates the percentage-closer soft shadow technique with directional lights, point lights, non-temporal operation, and temporal operation. The assets are my original work. Fixes bevyengine#3631. [*Percentage-closer soft shadows*]: https://developer.download.nvidia.com/shaderlibrary/docs/shadow_PCSS.pdf
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[*Percentage-closer soft shadows*] are a technique from 2004 that allow shadows to become blurrier farther from the objects that cast them. It works by introducing a *blocker search* step that runs before the normal shadow map sampling. The blocker search step detects the difference between the depth of the fragment being rasterized and the depth of the nearby samples in the depth buffer. Larger depth differences result in a larger penumbra and therefore a blurrier shadow. To enable PCSS, fill in the `soft_shadow_size` value in `DirectionalLight` or `PointLight`. This shadow size value represents the size of the light and should be tuned as appropriate for your scene. Higher values result in a wider penumbra (i.e. blurrier shadows). When using PCSS, temporal shadow maps (`ShadowFilteringMethod::Temporal`) are recommended. If you don't use `ShadowFilteringMethod::Temporal` and instead use `ShadowFilteringMethod::Gaussian`, Bevy will use the same technique as `Temporal`, but the result won't vary over time. This produces a rather noisy result. Doing better would likely require downsampling the shadow map, which would be complex and slower (and would require PR bevyengine#13003 to land first). A new example, `pcss`, has been added. It demonstrates the percentage-closer soft shadow technique with directional lights, point lights, non-temporal operation, and temporal operation. The assets are my original work. Fixes bevyengine#3631. [*Percentage-closer soft shadows*]: https://developer.download.nvidia.com/shaderlibrary/docs/shadow_PCSS.pdf
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[*Percentage-closer soft shadows*] are a technique from 2004 that allow shadows to become blurrier farther from the objects that cast them. It works by introducing a *blocker search* step that runs before the normal shadow map sampling. The blocker search step detects the difference between the depth of the fragment being rasterized and the depth of the nearby samples in the depth buffer. Larger depth differences result in a larger penumbra and therefore a blurrier shadow. To enable PCSS, fill in the `soft_shadow_size` value in `DirectionalLight` or `PointLight`. This shadow size value represents the size of the light and should be tuned as appropriate for your scene. Higher values result in a wider penumbra (i.e. blurrier shadows). When using PCSS, temporal shadow maps (`ShadowFilteringMethod::Temporal`) are recommended. If you don't use `ShadowFilteringMethod::Temporal` and instead use `ShadowFilteringMethod::Gaussian`, Bevy will use the same technique as `Temporal`, but the result won't vary over time. This produces a rather noisy result. Doing better would likely require downsampling the shadow map, which would be complex and slower (and would require PR bevyengine#13003 to land first). A new example, `pcss`, has been added. It demonstrates the percentage-closer soft shadow technique with directional lights, point lights, non-temporal operation, and temporal operation. The assets are my original work. Fixes bevyengine#3631. [*Percentage-closer soft shadows*]: https://developer.download.nvidia.com/shaderlibrary/docs/shadow_PCSS.pdf
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[*Percentage-closer soft shadows*] are a technique from 2004 that allow shadows to become blurrier farther from the objects that cast them. It works by introducing a *blocker search* step that runs before the normal shadow map sampling. The blocker search step detects the difference between the depth of the fragment being rasterized and the depth of the nearby samples in the depth buffer. Larger depth differences result in a larger penumbra and therefore a blurrier shadow. To enable PCSS, fill in the `soft_shadow_size` value in `DirectionalLight` or `PointLight`. This shadow size value represents the size of the light and should be tuned as appropriate for your scene. Higher values result in a wider penumbra (i.e. blurrier shadows). When using PCSS, temporal shadow maps (`ShadowFilteringMethod::Temporal`) are recommended. If you don't use `ShadowFilteringMethod::Temporal` and instead use `ShadowFilteringMethod::Gaussian`, Bevy will use the same technique as `Temporal`, but the result won't vary over time. This produces a rather noisy result. Doing better would likely require downsampling the shadow map, which would be complex and slower (and would require PR bevyengine#13003 to land first). A new example, `pcss`, has been added. It demonstrates the percentage-closer soft shadow technique with directional lights, point lights, non-temporal operation, and temporal operation. The assets are my original work. Fixes bevyengine#3631. [*Percentage-closer soft shadows*]: https://developer.download.nvidia.com/shaderlibrary/docs/shadow_PCSS.pdf
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[*Percentage-closer soft shadows*] are a technique from 2004 that allow shadows to become blurrier farther from the objects that cast them. It works by introducing a *blocker search* step that runs before the normal shadow map sampling. The blocker search step detects the difference between the depth of the fragment being rasterized and the depth of the nearby samples in the depth buffer. Larger depth differences result in a larger penumbra and therefore a blurrier shadow. To enable PCSS, fill in the `soft_shadow_size` value in `DirectionalLight` or `PointLight`. This shadow size value represents the size of the light and should be tuned as appropriate for your scene. Higher values result in a wider penumbra (i.e. blurrier shadows). When using PCSS, temporal shadow maps (`ShadowFilteringMethod::Temporal`) are recommended. If you don't use `ShadowFilteringMethod::Temporal` and instead use `ShadowFilteringMethod::Gaussian`, Bevy will use the same technique as `Temporal`, but the result won't vary over time. This produces a rather noisy result. Doing better would likely require downsampling the shadow map, which would be complex and slower (and would require PR bevyengine#13003 to land first). A new example, `pcss`, has been added. It demonstrates the percentage-closer soft shadow technique with directional lights, point lights, spot lights, non-temporal operation, and temporal operation. The assets are my original work. Fixes bevyengine#3631. [*Percentage-closer soft shadows*]: https://developer.download.nvidia.com/shaderlibrary/docs/shadow_PCSS.pdf
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[*Percentage-closer soft shadows*] are a technique from 2004 that allow shadows to become blurrier farther from the objects that cast them. It works by introducing a *blocker search* step that runs before the normal shadow map sampling. The blocker search step detects the difference between the depth of the fragment being rasterized and the depth of the nearby samples in the depth buffer. Larger depth differences result in a larger penumbra and therefore a blurrier shadow. To enable PCSS, fill in the `soft_shadow_size` value in `DirectionalLight` or `PointLight`. This shadow size value represents the size of the light and should be tuned as appropriate for your scene. Higher values result in a wider penumbra (i.e. blurrier shadows). When using PCSS, temporal shadow maps (`ShadowFilteringMethod::Temporal`) are recommended. If you don't use `ShadowFilteringMethod::Temporal` and instead use `ShadowFilteringMethod::Gaussian`, Bevy will use the same technique as `Temporal`, but the result won't vary over time. This produces a rather noisy result. Doing better would likely require downsampling the shadow map, which would be complex and slower (and would require PR bevyengine#13003 to land first). In addition to PCSS, this commit makes the near Z plane for the shadow map configurable on a per-light basis. Previously, it had been hardcoded to 0.1. This was necessary to make the point light shadow map in the example look reasonable, as otherwise the shadows appeared far too aliased. A new example, `pcss`, has been added. It demonstrates the percentage-closer soft shadow technique with directional lights, point lights, spot lights, non-temporal operation, and temporal operation. The assets are my original work. Fixes bevyengine#3631. [*Percentage-closer soft shadows*]: https://developer.download.nvidia.com/shaderlibrary/docs/shadow_PCSS.pdf
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[*Percentage-closer soft shadows*] are a technique from 2004 that allow shadows to become blurrier farther from the objects that cast them. It works by introducing a *blocker search* step that runs before the normal shadow map sampling. The blocker search step detects the difference between the depth of the fragment being rasterized and the depth of the nearby samples in the depth buffer. Larger depth differences result in a larger penumbra and therefore a blurrier shadow. To enable PCSS, fill in the `soft_shadow_size` value in `DirectionalLight`, `PointLight`, or `SpotLight`, as appropriate. This shadow size value represents the size of the light and should be tuned as appropriate for your scene. Higher values result in a wider penumbra (i.e. blurrier shadows). When using PCSS, temporal shadow maps (`ShadowFilteringMethod::Temporal`) are recommended. If you don't use `ShadowFilteringMethod::Temporal` and instead use `ShadowFilteringMethod::Gaussian`, Bevy will use the same technique as `Temporal`, but the result won't vary over time. This produces a rather noisy result. Doing better would likely require downsampling the shadow map, which would be complex and slower (and would require PR bevyengine#13003 to land first). In addition to PCSS, this commit makes the near Z plane for the shadow map configurable on a per-light basis. Previously, it had been hardcoded to 0.1 meters. This change was necessary to make the point light shadow map in the example look reasonable, as otherwise the shadows appeared far too aliased. A new example, `pcss`, has been added. It demonstrates the percentage-closer soft shadow technique with directional lights, point lights, spot lights, non-temporal operation, and temporal operation. The assets are my original work. Fixes bevyengine#3631. [*Percentage-closer soft shadows*]: https://developer.download.nvidia.com/shaderlibrary/docs/shadow_PCSS.pdf
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[*Percentage-closer soft shadows*] are a technique from 2004 that allow shadows to become blurrier farther from the objects that cast them. It works by introducing a *blocker search* step that runs before the normal shadow map sampling. The blocker search step detects the difference between the depth of the fragment being rasterized and the depth of the nearby samples in the depth buffer. Larger depth differences result in a larger penumbra and therefore a blurrier shadow. To enable PCSS, fill in the `soft_shadow_size` value in `DirectionalLight`, `PointLight`, or `SpotLight`, as appropriate. This shadow size value represents the size of the light and should be tuned as appropriate for your scene. Higher values result in a wider penumbra (i.e. blurrier shadows). When using PCSS, temporal shadow maps (`ShadowFilteringMethod::Temporal`) are recommended. If you don't use `ShadowFilteringMethod::Temporal` and instead use `ShadowFilteringMethod::Gaussian`, Bevy will use the same technique as `Temporal`, but the result won't vary over time. This produces a rather noisy result. Doing better would likely require downsampling the shadow map, which would be complex and slower (and would require PR bevyengine#13003 to land first). In addition to PCSS, this commit makes the near Z plane for the shadow map configurable on a per-light basis. Previously, it had been hardcoded to 0.1 meters. This change was necessary to make the point light shadow map in the example look reasonable, as otherwise the shadows appeared far too aliased. A new example, `pcss`, has been added. It demonstrates the percentage-closer soft shadow technique with directional lights, point lights, spot lights, non-temporal operation, and temporal operation. The assets are my original work. Both temporal and non-temporal shadows are rather noisy in the example, and, as mentioned before, this is unavoidable without downsampling the depth buffer, which we can't do yet. Note also that the shadows don't look particularly great for point lights; the example simply isn't an ideal scene for them. Nevertheless, I felt that the benefits of the ability to do a side-by-side comparison of directional and point lights outweighed the unsightliness of the point light shadows in that example, so I kept the point light feature in. Fixes bevyengine#3631. [*Percentage-closer soft shadows*]: https://developer.download.nvidia.com/shaderlibrary/docs/shadow_PCSS.pdf
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[*Percentage-closer soft shadows*] are a technique from 2004 that allow shadows to become blurrier farther from the objects that cast them. It works by introducing a *blocker search* step that runs before the normal shadow map sampling. The blocker search step detects the difference between the depth of the fragment being rasterized and the depth of the nearby samples in the depth buffer. Larger depth differences result in a larger penumbra and therefore a blurrier shadow. To enable PCSS, fill in the `soft_shadow_size` value in `DirectionalLight`, `PointLight`, or `SpotLight`, as appropriate. This shadow size value represents the size of the light and should be tuned as appropriate for your scene. Higher values result in a wider penumbra (i.e. blurrier shadows). When using PCSS, temporal shadow maps (`ShadowFilteringMethod::Temporal`) are recommended. If you don't use `ShadowFilteringMethod::Temporal` and instead use `ShadowFilteringMethod::Gaussian`, Bevy will use the same technique as `Temporal`, but the result won't vary over time. This produces a rather noisy result. Doing better would likely require downsampling the shadow map, which would be complex and slower (and would require PR bevyengine#13003 to land first). In addition to PCSS, this commit makes the near Z plane for the shadow map configurable on a per-light basis. Previously, it had been hardcoded to 0.1 meters. This change was necessary to make the point light shadow map in the example look reasonable, as otherwise the shadows appeared far too aliased. A new example, `pcss`, has been added. It demonstrates the percentage-closer soft shadow technique with directional lights, point lights, spot lights, non-temporal operation, and temporal operation. The assets are my original work. Both temporal and non-temporal shadows are rather noisy in the example, and, as mentioned before, this is unavoidable without downsampling the depth buffer, which we can't do yet. Note also that the shadows don't look particularly great for point lights; the example simply isn't an ideal scene for them. Nevertheless, I felt that the benefits of the ability to do a side-by-side comparison of directional and point lights outweighed the unsightliness of the point light shadows in that example, so I kept the point light feature in. Fixes bevyengine#3631. [*Percentage-closer soft shadows*]: https://developer.download.nvidia.com/shaderlibrary/docs/shadow_PCSS.pdf
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[*Percentage-closer soft shadows*] are a technique from 2004 that allow shadows to become blurrier farther from the objects that cast them. It works by introducing a *blocker search* step that runs before the normal shadow map sampling. The blocker search step detects the difference between the depth of the fragment being rasterized and the depth of the nearby samples in the depth buffer. Larger depth differences result in a larger penumbra and therefore a blurrier shadow. To enable PCSS, fill in the `soft_shadow_size` value in `DirectionalLight`, `PointLight`, or `SpotLight`, as appropriate. This shadow size value represents the size of the light and should be tuned as appropriate for your scene. Higher values result in a wider penumbra (i.e. blurrier shadows). When using PCSS, temporal shadow maps (`ShadowFilteringMethod::Temporal`) are recommended. If you don't use `ShadowFilteringMethod::Temporal` and instead use `ShadowFilteringMethod::Gaussian`, Bevy will use the same technique as `Temporal`, but the result won't vary over time. This produces a rather noisy result. Doing better would likely require downsampling the shadow map, which would be complex and slower (and would require PR bevyengine#13003 to land first). In addition to PCSS, this commit makes the near Z plane for the shadow map configurable on a per-light basis. Previously, it had been hardcoded to 0.1 meters. This change was necessary to make the point light shadow map in the example look reasonable, as otherwise the shadows appeared far too aliased. A new example, `pcss`, has been added. It demonstrates the percentage-closer soft shadow technique with directional lights, point lights, spot lights, non-temporal operation, and temporal operation. The assets are my original work. Both temporal and non-temporal shadows are rather noisy in the example, and, as mentioned before, this is unavoidable without downsampling the depth buffer, which we can't do yet. Note also that the shadows don't look particularly great for point lights; the example simply isn't an ideal scene for them. Nevertheless, I felt that the benefits of the ability to do a side-by-side comparison of directional and point lights outweighed the unsightliness of the point light shadows in that example, so I kept the point light feature in. Fixes bevyengine#3631. [*Percentage-closer soft shadows*]: https://developer.download.nvidia.com/shaderlibrary/docs/shadow_PCSS.pdf
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[*Percentage-closer soft shadows*] are a technique from 2004 that allow shadows to become blurrier farther from the objects that cast them. It works by introducing a *blocker search* step that runs before the normal shadow map sampling. The blocker search step detects the difference between the depth of the fragment being rasterized and the depth of the nearby samples in the depth buffer. Larger depth differences result in a larger penumbra and therefore a blurrier shadow. To enable PCSS, fill in the `soft_shadow_size` value in `DirectionalLight`, `PointLight`, or `SpotLight`, as appropriate. This shadow size value represents the size of the light and should be tuned as appropriate for your scene. Higher values result in a wider penumbra (i.e. blurrier shadows). When using PCSS, temporal shadow maps (`ShadowFilteringMethod::Temporal`) are recommended. If you don't use `ShadowFilteringMethod::Temporal` and instead use `ShadowFilteringMethod::Gaussian`, Bevy will use the same technique as `Temporal`, but the result won't vary over time. This produces a rather noisy result. Doing better would likely require downsampling the shadow map, which would be complex and slower (and would require PR bevyengine#13003 to land first). In addition to PCSS, this commit makes the near Z plane for the shadow map configurable on a per-light basis. Previously, it had been hardcoded to 0.1 meters. This change was necessary to make the point light shadow map in the example look reasonable, as otherwise the shadows appeared far too aliased. A new example, `pcss`, has been added. It demonstrates the percentage-closer soft shadow technique with directional lights, point lights, spot lights, non-temporal operation, and temporal operation. The assets are my original work. Both temporal and non-temporal shadows are rather noisy in the example, and, as mentioned before, this is unavoidable without downsampling the depth buffer, which we can't do yet. Note also that the shadows don't look particularly great for point lights; the example simply isn't an ideal scene for them. Nevertheless, I felt that the benefits of the ability to do a side-by-side comparison of directional and point lights outweighed the unsightliness of the point light shadows in that example, so I kept the point light feature in. Fixes bevyengine#3631. [*Percentage-closer soft shadows*]: https://developer.download.nvidia.com/shaderlibrary/docs/shadow_PCSS.pdf
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[*Percentage-closer soft shadows*] are a technique from 2004 that allow shadows to become blurrier farther from the objects that cast them. It works by introducing a *blocker search* step that runs before the normal shadow map sampling. The blocker search step detects the difference between the depth of the fragment being rasterized and the depth of the nearby samples in the depth buffer. Larger depth differences result in a larger penumbra and therefore a blurrier shadow. To enable PCSS, fill in the `soft_shadow_size` value in `DirectionalLight`, `PointLight`, or `SpotLight`, as appropriate. This shadow size value represents the size of the light and should be tuned as appropriate for your scene. Higher values result in a wider penumbra (i.e. blurrier shadows). When using PCSS, temporal shadow maps (`ShadowFilteringMethod::Temporal`) are recommended. If you don't use `ShadowFilteringMethod::Temporal` and instead use `ShadowFilteringMethod::Gaussian`, Bevy will use the same technique as `Temporal`, but the result won't vary over time. This produces a rather noisy result. Doing better would likely require downsampling the shadow map, which would be complex and slower (and would require PR bevyengine#13003 to land first). In addition to PCSS, this commit makes the near Z plane for the shadow map configurable on a per-light basis. Previously, it had been hardcoded to 0.1 meters. This change was necessary to make the point light shadow map in the example look reasonable, as otherwise the shadows appeared far too aliased. A new example, `pcss`, has been added. It demonstrates the percentage-closer soft shadow technique with directional lights, point lights, spot lights, non-temporal operation, and temporal operation. The assets are my original work. Both temporal and non-temporal shadows are rather noisy in the example, and, as mentioned before, this is unavoidable without downsampling the depth buffer, which we can't do yet. Note also that the shadows don't look particularly great for point lights; the example simply isn't an ideal scene for them. Nevertheless, I felt that the benefits of the ability to do a side-by-side comparison of directional and point lights outweighed the unsightliness of the point light shadows in that example, so I kept the point light feature in. Fixes bevyengine#3631. [*Percentage-closer soft shadows*]: https://developer.download.nvidia.com/shaderlibrary/docs/shadow_PCSS.pdf
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[*Percentage-closer soft shadows*] are a technique from 2004 that allow shadows to become blurrier farther from the objects that cast them. It works by introducing a *blocker search* step that runs before the normal shadow map sampling. The blocker search step detects the difference between the depth of the fragment being rasterized and the depth of the nearby samples in the depth buffer. Larger depth differences result in a larger penumbra and therefore a blurrier shadow. To enable PCSS, fill in the `soft_shadow_size` value in `DirectionalLight`, `PointLight`, or `SpotLight`, as appropriate. This shadow size value represents the size of the light and should be tuned as appropriate for your scene. Higher values result in a wider penumbra (i.e. blurrier shadows). When using PCSS, temporal shadow maps (`ShadowFilteringMethod::Temporal`) are recommended. If you don't use `ShadowFilteringMethod::Temporal` and instead use `ShadowFilteringMethod::Gaussian`, Bevy will use the same technique as `Temporal`, but the result won't vary over time. This produces a rather noisy result. Doing better would likely require downsampling the shadow map, which would be complex and slower (and would require PR bevyengine#13003 to land first). In addition to PCSS, this commit makes the near Z plane for the shadow map configurable on a per-light basis. Previously, it had been hardcoded to 0.1 meters. This change was necessary to make the point light shadow map in the example look reasonable, as otherwise the shadows appeared far too aliased. A new example, `pcss`, has been added. It demonstrates the percentage-closer soft shadow technique with directional lights, point lights, spot lights, non-temporal operation, and temporal operation. The assets are my original work. Both temporal and non-temporal shadows are rather noisy in the example, and, as mentioned before, this is unavoidable without downsampling the depth buffer, which we can't do yet. Note also that the shadows don't look particularly great for point lights; the example simply isn't an ideal scene for them. Nevertheless, I felt that the benefits of the ability to do a side-by-side comparison of directional and point lights outweighed the unsightliness of the point light shadows in that example, so I kept the point light feature in. Fixes bevyengine#3631. [*Percentage-closer soft shadows*]: https://developer.download.nvidia.com/shaderlibrary/docs/shadow_PCSS.pdf
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[*Percentage-closer soft shadows*] are a technique from 2004 that allow shadows to become blurrier farther from the objects that cast them. It works by introducing a *blocker search* step that runs before the normal shadow map sampling. The blocker search step detects the difference between the depth of the fragment being rasterized and the depth of the nearby samples in the depth buffer. Larger depth differences result in a larger penumbra and therefore a blurrier shadow. To enable PCSS, fill in the `soft_shadow_size` value in `DirectionalLight`, `PointLight`, or `SpotLight`, as appropriate. This shadow size value represents the size of the light and should be tuned as appropriate for your scene. Higher values result in a wider penumbra (i.e. blurrier shadows). When using PCSS, temporal shadow maps (`ShadowFilteringMethod::Temporal`) are recommended. If you don't use `ShadowFilteringMethod::Temporal` and instead use `ShadowFilteringMethod::Gaussian`, Bevy will use the same technique as `Temporal`, but the result won't vary over time. This produces a rather noisy result. Doing better would likely require downsampling the shadow map, which would be complex and slower (and would require PR #13003 to land first). In addition to PCSS, this commit makes the near Z plane for the shadow map configurable on a per-light basis. Previously, it had been hardcoded to 0.1 meters. This change was necessary to make the point light shadow map in the example look reasonable, as otherwise the shadows appeared far too aliased. A new example, `pcss`, has been added. It demonstrates the percentage-closer soft shadow technique with directional lights, point lights, spot lights, non-temporal operation, and temporal operation. The assets are my original work. Both temporal and non-temporal shadows are rather noisy in the example, and, as mentioned before, this is unavoidable without downsampling the depth buffer, which we can't do yet. Note also that the shadows don't look particularly great for point lights; the example simply isn't an ideal scene for them. Nevertheless, I felt that the benefits of the ability to do a side-by-side comparison of directional and point lights outweighed the unsightliness of the point light shadows in that example, so I kept the point light feature in. Fixes #3631. [*Percentage-closer soft shadows*]: https://developer.download.nvidia.com/shaderlibrary/docs/shadow_PCSS.pdf ## Changelog ### Added * Percentage-closer soft shadows (PCSS) are now supported, allowing shadows to become blurrier as they stretch away from objects. To use them, set the `soft_shadow_size` field in `DirectionalLight`, `PointLight`, or `SpotLight`, as applicable. * The near Z value for shadow maps is now customizable via the `shadow_map_near_z` field in `DirectionalLight`, `PointLight`, and `SpotLight`. ## Screenshots PCSS off:  PCSS on:  --------- Co-authored-by: Alice Cecile <[email protected]> Co-authored-by: Torstein Grindvik <[email protected]>
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