Shadows
We’re shining a light on our donut, and yet there is no shadow. You can usually skip rendering shadows, but sometimes they really help.
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It requires a lot of work for the computer to be able to draw shadows, so use them only in spots that they really help. This is a tough choice to make because shadows almost always make games look better. But, as we’ll see, it makes the computer work harder on something besides the main game and it’s a bit of a pain to set up correctly. |
First, we need to tell the renderer to expect shadows. Add the line setting the shadowMapEnabled attribute just below the WebGL renderer line:
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