Hi guys,

Anyone know if distant light shadows are supported in the Houdini 17.5 viewport? The viewport shading page in the documentation says ‘Shadows are also supported from all light types’ but doesn't mention anything about distant lights. Not sure if I've missed anything. I have ‘High Quality Lighting with Shadows’ enabled in my scene already.

Would appreciate any help. Thanks!

They're supported but not very well. The projection depends on the ortho size of the light, which tends to be very small. If you increase the ortho size to something that's more representative of your scene scale, you'll see the shadow.

Thanks for the tip. I tried it out but unfortunately couldn't get the shadows to show.

Area Lights worked for me in H18, but Distance Light or Sun did not