Shadows Disappearing

[SpiderPig]

I have a large world and there are heights exceeding 2000m, this quick code example shows that at a height higher than 660m the shadow disappears but interestingly the stats still say it's being drawn.  Can anyone else confirm this?  Is there shadow range for the world or something or is this a bug?

#include "App.h"
using namespace Leadwerks;

App::App() : window(NULL), context(NULL), world(NULL), camera(NULL) {}
App::~App() { delete world; delete window; }

Model* box;
Camera* camera;
bool wireframe = false;

bool App::Start()
{
	window = Window::Create("Shadows",50,50, 1024, 768);
	window->Show();
	context = Context::Create(window);
	world = World::Create();

	DirectionalLight* light = DirectionalLight::Create();
	light->SetRotation(35, 35, 35);
	
	float offsetY = 670.0f;//Increase to 670.0f and shadow disapears.
	camera = Camera::Create();
	camera->Move(0, 1 + offsetY, -2);
	
	box = Model::Box();
	box->Move(0, 1 + offsetY, 0);

	Pivot* centre = Pivot::Create();

	int xGrid = 3;
	int zGrid = 3;
	int vertIndex = 0;

	Model* mdl = Model::Create();
	Surface* surface = mdl->AddSurface();
	for (int z = 0; z < zGrid; z++) {
		for (int x = 0; x < xGrid; x++) {
			surface->AddVertex(x, offsetY, z,0,1,0);
			if (z != 0 && x != 0) {
				surface->AddTriangle(vertIndex, vertIndex - xGrid, vertIndex - 1);
				surface->AddTriangle(vertIndex - xGrid, vertIndex - xGrid - 1, vertIndex - 1);
			}
			vertIndex++;
		}
	}
	surface->Update();
	mdl->UpdateAABB(Entity::LocalAABB | Entity::GlobalAABB);

	return true;
}

bool App::Loop()
{
	if (window->KeyHit(Key::Escape) == true) { return false; }
	if (window->KeyHit(Key::F1) == true) { camera->GetDebugPhysicsMode() == true ? camera->SetDebugPhysicsMode(false) : camera->SetDebugPhysicsMode(true); }
	if (window->KeyHit(Key::F2) == true) {
		if (wireframe == true) {
			camera->SetDrawMode(0);
			wireframe = false;
		}
		else {
			camera->SetDrawMode(2);
			wireframe = true;
		}
	}

	Vec3 rot = box->GetRotation();
	rot.x += 0.2f;
	rot.y += 0.2f;
	rot.z += 0.2f;
	box->SetRotation(rot);

	Time::Update();
	world->Update();
	world->Render();

	context->SetBlendMode(Blend::Alpha);
	context->DrawStats(10.0f, 10.0f, true);
	context->Sync(true);

	return true;
}

EDIT  : It seems to be fine in the editor.  I have some objects at a Y position of 23000.0

[gamecreator]

I came across something similar.  Maybe this will help: https://www.leadwerks.com/community/topic/16827-directionallightshadowstagerange4/

 

[SpiderPig]

Did quick test and it didn't solve it, will have another go later.  Maybe each stage needs setting uniformly?

[SpiderPig]

Tried again, setting all of them to massive numbers like 10,000 but nothing changes...

[SpiderPig]

I found the problem to be the world size.  Making it bigger allowed the shadows to show up.  @Josh  I'm curious as to what exactly setting the world size does, because so far my models have been showing up fine, it's just the shadows that was affected.

[Josh]

That is not suprising. This controls the max size of the world octree.

[SpiderPig]

Okay thanks!