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How to disable shadow casting on mesh lights?

How to disable shadow casting on mesh lights?

jimKUQZ5
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How to disable shadow casting on mesh lights?

jimKUQZ5
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I want a mesh light to not cast any shadows. But I can't get it to work..

The toggle "cast shadows" on the mesh does not work with meshlights.

 

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lee_griggs
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It works here. Your shadow is from the spotlight. Are you disabling cast_shadows in the sphere or the mesh_light? Attach your scene if that doesn't work.

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Lee Griggs
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jimKUQZ5
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Note that the sphere is a mesh light that casts the blue light.

Yes I want to remove the shadow the spotlight is casting from the "meshlight-sphere". (AKA Remove the dot/shadow in the red light on the floor)

I unchecked the "cast shadows" on the sphere without succes.
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lee_griggs
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Can you attach your scene, please?

Lee Griggs
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jimKUQZ5
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Sure. Attached the scene file.

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jimKUQZ5
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@lee_griggs Can you reproduce the issue with my scene?
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