Remove "creases"/shadows between objects right next to each other - three.js

I'm getting these these weird lines/shadows along the gaps between two objects placed with their faces exactly touching. It seems like they are trying to cast shadows on each other even though there's no space between them.
Here is the mesh for each column:
const col = new Mesh(
new BoxGeometry(colSize, 1, colSize),
new MeshPhongMaterial({ color: 0xee4423 })
);
col.castShadow = true;
col.receiveShadow = true;
Other lighting settings:
this.camera = new OrthographicCamera(-d * aspect, d * aspect, d, -d, .3, 1000);
this.camera.position.set(60, 60, 60);
this.camera.lookAt(0, 0, 0);
this.ambientLight = new AmbientLight(0xffffff, .35);
this.light = new DirectionalLight(0xffffff, 1.75);
this.light.shadow.bias = 0.0001;
this.light.castShadow = true;
this.light.shadow.mapSize.width = 4096;
this.light.shadow.mapSize.height = 4096;
this.light.shadow.camera.near = .1;
this.light.shadow.camera.far = 500;
this.light.shadow.camera.top = 500;
this.light.shadow.camera.right = 500;
this.light.shadow.camera.bottom = -500;
this.light.shadow.camera.left = -500;
this.renderer = new WebGLRenderer({ antialias: true, alpha: true });
this.renderer.shadowMap.enabled = true;
this.renderer.shadowMap.type = PCFSoftShadowMap;
this.renderer.setSize(this.width, this.height);

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Unable to cast a shadow with THREE.js and Mapbox GL

I'm trying to add a THREE.js scene into a Mapbox GL visualization following this example. I've added a sphere and a ground plane and a DirectionalLight. Now I'm trying to get the light to cast a shadow on the ground plane. Adding a DirectionalLightHelper and a CameraHelper for the light's shadow camera, everything looks pretty reasonable to me:
I'd expect to see a shadow for the sphere on the plane.
Full code here, but here are the highlights:
class SpriteCustomLayer {
type = 'custom';
renderingMode = '3d';
constructor(id) {
this.id = id;
this.gui = new dat.GUI();
THREE.Object3D.DefaultUp.set(0, 0, 1);
}
async onAdd(map, gl) {
this.camera = new THREE.Camera();
const centerLngLat = map.getCenter();
this.center = MercatorCoordinate.fromLngLat(centerLngLat, 0);
const {x, y, z} = this.center;
this.cameraTransform = new THREE.Matrix4()
.makeTranslation(x, y, z)
.scale(new THREE.Vector3(1, -1, 1));
this.map = map;
this.scene = this.makeScene();
this.renderer = new THREE.WebGLRenderer({
canvas: map.getCanvas(),
context: gl,
antialias: true,
});
this.renderer.shadowMap.enabled = true;
this.renderer.autoClear = false;
}
makeScene() {
const scene = new THREE.Scene();
scene.add(new THREE.AmbientLight(0xffffff, 0.25));
const s = this.center.meterInMercatorCoordinateUnits();
const light = new THREE.DirectionalLight(0xffffff, 1);
light.position.set(0.000002360847837325531, 0.000004566603480958114, 0.00000725142167844218);
light.target.position.set(0, 0, 0);
light.castShadow = true;
light.shadow.mapSize.width = 1024;
light.shadow.mapSize.height = 1024;
light.shadow.camera.left = -0.000002383416166278454 * 2;
light.shadow.camera.right = 0.000002383416166278454 * 2;
light.shadow.camera.bottom = -0.000002383416166278454 * 2;
light.shadow.camera.top = 0.000002383416166278454 * 2;
light.shadow.camera.near = 0.0000012388642793465356;
light.shadow.camera.far *= s;
scene.add(light);
this.light = light;
{
const planeSize = 500;
const loader = new THREE.TextureLoader();
const texture = loader.load('/checker.png');
texture.wrapS = THREE.RepeatWrapping;
texture.wrapT = THREE.RepeatWrapping;
texture.magFilter = THREE.NearestFilter;
const repeats = 10;
texture.repeat.set(repeats, repeats);
const planeGeo = new THREE.PlaneBufferGeometry(planeSize, planeSize);
const planeMat = new THREE.MeshPhongMaterial({
map: texture,
side: THREE.DoubleSide,
});
const plane = new THREE.Mesh(planeGeo, planeMat);
plane.scale.setScalar(s);
plane.receiveShadow = true;
scene.add(plane);
}
{
const sphereRadius = 5e-7;
const sphereGeo = new THREE.SphereBufferGeometry(sphereRadius, 32, 32);
const sphereMat = new THREE.MeshPhongMaterial({color: '#CA8'});
const mesh = new THREE.Mesh(sphereGeo, sphereMat);
mesh.position.set(0, 0, 5e-6);
mesh.castShadow = true;
mesh.receiveShadow = false;
sphereMat.side = THREE.DoubleSide;
scene.add(mesh);
}
return scene;
}
render(gl, matrix) {
this.camera.projectionMatrix = new THREE.Matrix4()
.fromArray(matrix)
.multiply(this.cameraTransform);
this.renderer.state.reset();
this.renderer.render(this.scene, this.camera);
this.map.triggerRepaint();
}
}
Mapbox GL JS uses a coordinate system where the entire world is in [0, 1] so the coordinates are pretty tiny. It also uses x/y for lat/lng and z for up, which is different than usual Three.js coordinates.
How can I get the shadow to appear? I'm using Three.js r109 and Mapbox GL JS 1.4.0. I've tried replacing the PlaneBufferGeometry with a thin BoxGeometry to no avail.
EDIT
Forget everything I said in my old answer.
The example below scales things WAY down and the shadow remains.
The kicker was here:
shadowLight.shadow.camera.near *= (scaleDown) ? 0.1 : 10;
shadowLight.shadow.camera.far *= (scaleDown) ? 0.1 : 10;
shadowLight.shadow.camera.updateProjectionMatrix(); // <========= !!!!!
I was updating the scale, but wasn't updating the near/far of the shadow camera. Then, once I was, I was forgetting to update that camera's projection matrix. With all the pieces back together, it seems to be working well.
Try adding a call to update the shadow-casting light's camera's projection matrix after you configure the values.
If it still doesn't work, maybe you can use my example to figure out what's going on in your code.
If MY example doesn't work for you, then it might be your hardware doesn't support the level of precision you need.
// just some random colors to show it's actually rendering
const colors = [
0xff0000, // 1e+1
0x00ff00, // 1e+0
0x0000ff, // 1e-1
0xffff00, // 1e-2
0xff00ff, // 1e-3
0x00ffff, // 1e-4
0xabcdef, // 1e-5
0xfedcba, // 1e-6
0x883300, // 1e-7
0x008833, // 1e-8
0x330088, // 1e-9
0x338800 // 1e-10
];
const renderer = new THREE.WebGLRenderer({
antialias: true
});
renderer.shadowMap.enabled = true; // turn on shadow mapping
renderer.setClearColor(0xcccccc);
document.body.appendChild(renderer.domElement);
const scene = new THREE.Scene();
const camera = new THREE.PerspectiveCamera(28, 1, 1, 1000)
camera.position.set(25, 10, 15);
camera.lookAt(0, 0, 0);
const camLight = new THREE.PointLight(0xffffff, 1);
camera.add(camLight);
const floor = new THREE.Mesh(
new THREE.PlaneBufferGeometry(50, 50),
new THREE.MeshPhongMaterial({
color: "gray"
})
);
floor.receiveShadow = true;
floor.rotation.set(Math.PI / -2, 0, 0);
floor.position.set(0, -1, 0);
const sphere = new THREE.Mesh(
new THREE.SphereBufferGeometry(2, 16, 32),
new THREE.MeshPhongMaterial({
color: colors[0]
})
);
sphere.castShadow = true;
sphere.position.set(0, 1, 0);
const shadowLight = new THREE.PointLight(0xffffff, 1);
shadowLight.castShadow = true;
shadowLight.position.set(-10, 10, 5);
const group = new THREE.Group();
group.add(floor);
group.add(sphere);
group.add(shadowLight);
group.add(camera);
scene.add(group);
function render() {
renderer.render(scene, camera);
}
function resize() {
const W = window.innerWidth;
const H = window.innerHeight;
renderer.setSize(W, H);
camera.aspect = W / H;
camera.updateProjectionMatrix();
}
window.onresize = resize;
resize();
render();
let scaler = 10;
let scaleLevel = 10;
let scaleLevelOutput = document.getElementById("scaleLevel");
let scaleDown = true;
let colorIndex = 0;
setInterval(() => {
colorIndex += (scaleDown) ? 1 : -1;
scaleLevel *= (scaleDown) ? 0.1 : 10;
shadowLight.shadow.camera.near *= (scaleDown) ? 0.1 : 10;
shadowLight.shadow.camera.far *= (scaleDown) ? 0.1 : 10;
shadowLight.shadow.camera.updateProjectionMatrix();
if (scaleLevel < 1e-9 && scaleDown) {
scaleDown = false;
}
if (scaleLevel >= 10 && !scaleDown) {
scaleDown = true;
}
scaleLevelOutput.innerText = `SCALE LEVEL: ${scaleLevel.toExponential()}`;
group.scale.set(scaleLevel, scaleLevel, scaleLevel);
sphere.material.color.setHex(colors[colorIndex]);
sphere.material.needsUpdate = true;
render();
}, 1000);
body {
margin: 0;
overflow: hidden;
}
#scaleLevel {
font-family: monospace;
font-size: 2em;
position: absolute;
top: 0;
left: 0;
font-weight: bold;
margin: 5px;
}
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/three.js/109/three.min.js"></script>
<div id="scaleLevel">SCALE LEVEL: 1e+1</div>

Issues casting shadow

I want my tableBoard (Surface of the table) and tableLegs to cast their shadows upon the floor
Light
import * as THREE from "three";
export default ({ scene }) => {
const lights = [];
lights[0] = new THREE.PointLight(0xffffff, 1, 0);
lights[0].position.set(0, 200, 0);
lights[0].castShadow = true;
scene.add(lights[0]);
}
Objects(Mesh)
tableLeg1.castShadow = true;
tableBoard.castShadow = true;
floor.receiveShadow = true;
tableLeg1.add(floor);
tableBoard.add(tableLeg1);
scene.add(tableBoard);
renderer
sceneSetup = () => {
const width = this.el.clientWidth;
const height = this.el.clientHeight;
this.scene = new THREE.Scene();
this.camera = new THREE.PerspectiveCamera(75, width / height, 0.1, 1000);
this.camera.position.z = 5;
this.controls = new OrbitControls(this.camera, this.el);
this.renderer = new THREE.WebGLRenderer({antialias: true});
this.renderer.shadowMap.enabled = true;
this.renderer.setSize(width, height);
this.el.appendChild(this.renderer.domElement);
};

Two objects don't cast a shadow while other one does

I have exactly the same three cube objects except their x position.
I want them to cast a shadow, but somehow two of them don't cast a shadow while the other one does.
Here is the pic of what's happening.
https://ibb.co/z6Vwxmf
I'm sure that castShadow is set to true on all the objects.
And I don't think I missed any shadow setting property either (because the middle object casts a shadow properly.)
These objects are created under //left cube //right cube comments in the below code.
< script >
window.addEventListener('load', init, false);
function init(event) {
createScene();
createLights();
createTile01();
createTile02();
createTile03();
createBase();
loop();
}
var scene, camera, Width, Height, renderer, container;
function createScene() {
Width = window.innerWidth;
Height = window.innerHeight;
scene = new THREE.Scene();
camera = new THREE.PerspectiveCamera(45, window.innerWidth / window.innerHeight, 0.1, 1000);
camera.position.x = 0;
camera.position.y = 10;
camera.position.z = 50;
camera.lookAt(scene.position);
renderer = new THREE.WebGLRenderer();
renderer.setClearColor(new THREE.Color(0x000000));
renderer.setSize(Width, Height);
renderer.shadowMap.enabled = true;
container = document.getElementById('scene');
container.appendChild(renderer.domElement);
window.addEventListener('resize', handleWindowResize, false);
}
function handleWindowResize() {
Height = window.InnerHeight;
Width = window.InnerWidth;
renderer.setSize(Width, Height);
camera.aspect = Width / Height;
camera.updateProjectionMatrix();
}
var ambiLight, spotLight;
function createLights() {
ambiLight = new THREE.AmbientLight(0xffffff);
scene.add(ambiLight);
spotLight = new THREE.DirectionalLight(0xffffff);
spotLight.position.set(0, 30, -0);
spotLight.intensity = 1;
spotLight.castShadow = true;
scene.add(spotLight);
}
Tile01 = function() {
var geom = new THREE.BoxGeometry(10, 10, 2);
var mat = new THREE.MeshPhongMaterial({
color: 0x53b0df
});
this.mesh = new THREE.Mesh(geom, mat);
this.mesh.receiveShadow = true;
this.mesh.castShadow = true;
}
var tile01;
function createTile01() {
tile01 = new Tile01();
tile01.mesh.position.set(0, 0, 0);
scene.add(tile01.mesh);
}
//right cube
Tile02 = function() {
var geom = new THREE.BoxGeometry(10, 10, 2);
var mat = new THREE.MeshPhongMaterial({
color: 0x25b0cf
});
this.mesh = new THREE.Mesh(geom, mat);
this.mesh.receiveShadow = true;
this.mesh.castShadow = true;
}
var tile02;
function createTile02() {
tile02 = new Tile02();
tile02.mesh.position.set(20, 0, 0);
scene.add(tile02.mesh);
}
//left cube
Tile03 = function() {
var geom = new THREE.BoxGeometry(10, 10, 2);
var mat = new THREE.MeshPhongMaterial({
color: 0x00b0df
});
this.mesh = new THREE.Mesh(geom, mat);
this.mesh.receiveShadow = true;
this.mesh.castShadow = true;
}
var tile03;
function createTile03() {
tile03 = new Tile03();
tile03.mesh.position.set(-20, 0, 0);
scene.add(tile03.mesh);
}
Base = function() {
var geom = new THREE.CylinderGeometry(100, 30, 5, 60);
var mat = new THREE.MeshPhongMaterial({
color: 0xcf34ec
});
this.mesh = new THREE.Mesh(geom, mat);
this.mesh.castShadow = true;
this.mesh.receiveShadow = true;
}
var base;
function createBase() {
base = new Base();
base.mesh.position.set(0, -10, -20);
scene.add(base.mesh);
}
function loop() {
renderer.render(scene, camera);
requestAnimationFrame(loop);
}
< /script>
Could you help me figure out what's wrong with the setting?
I was able to resolve the issue myself.
Referring to some solutions I found at other Q/As about a shadow issue, I added a shadow.camera.left/right/top/bottom properties to the light and it worked.
The below is the code I corrected.
Now I can see the shadows of all the three objects.
var ambiLight, spotLight;
function createLights() {
ambiLight = new THREE.AmbientLight(0xffffff);
scene.add(ambiLight);
spotLight = new THREE.DirectionalLight(0xffffff);
spotLight.position.set(0, 30, -0);
spotLight.intensity = 1;
spotLight.castShadow = true;
spotLight.shadow.camera.left = -400;
spotLight.shadow.camera.right = 400;
spotLight.shadow.camera.top = 400;
spotLight.shadow.camera.bottom = -400;
spotLight.shadow.camera.near = 1;
spotLight.shadow.camera.far = 1000;
spotLight.shadow.mapSize.width = 2048;
spotLight.shadow.mapSize.height = 2048;
scene.add(spotLight);
}

In Three.js DirectionalLight not cast shadow to plane

I can't cast shadow to a plane with directional light in three.js r79.
I have tried every thing, but never worked.
I added a CameraHelper to scene, and all things were inside the area by yellow lines around.But it just doesn't work...
Here's the screen shot:
code:
function init(canvas) {
const renderer = new THREE.WebGLRenderer({
antialias: true,
canvas: canvas,
//alpha: true
});
//renderer.setClearColor(0x777777);
renderer.shadowMap.enabled = true;
renderer.shadowMap.soft = true;
renderer.shadowMap.type = THREE.PCFSoftShadowMap;
renderer.shadowMap.needsUpdate = true;
renderer.setSize(innerWidth, innerHeight);
renderer.autoClear = true;
renderer.gammaInput = true;
renderer.gammaOutput = true;
const scene = new THREE.Scene();
const pCamera = new THREE.PerspectiveCamera(60, innerWidth / innerHeight, 1, 2000);
pCamera.position.x = 300;
pCamera.position.y = -200;
pCamera.position.z = 50;
pCamera.lookAt({x: 0, y: 0, z: -200});
scene.add(pCamera);
//const controls = new THREE.OrbitControls(pCamera, canvas);
//controls.maxPolarAngle = Math.PI * 0.5;
//controls.minDistance = 1000;
//controls.maxDistance = 7500;
const directLight = new THREE.DirectionalLight(0xffffff, 1);
directLight.position.x = 400;
directLight.position.y = 2000;
directLight.position.z = 500;
directLight.castShadow = true;
directLight.shadow.camera.far = 300;
directLight.shadow.camera.near = 100;
directLight.shadow.mapSize.width = 1024;
directLight.shadow.mapSize.height = 1024;
directLight.shadow.bias = 0.0039;
const d = 100;
directLight.shadow.camera.left = -d;
directLight.shadow.camera.right = d;
directLight.shadow.camera.top = -d;
directLight.shadow.camera.bottom = d;
scene.add(directLight);
const cameraHelper = new THREE.CameraHelper(directLight.shadow.camera);
scene.add(cameraHelper);
const cube = new THREE.Mesh(new THREE.BoxGeometry(50, 50, 50), new THREE.MeshLambertMaterial({color: 0xcc0000}));
cube.position.z = -200;
cube.castShadow = true;
scene.add(cube);
const plane = new THREE.Mesh(new THREE.PlaneGeometry(200, 200), new THREE.MeshLambertMaterial({color: 0x22ff11}));
plane.receiveShadow = true;
plane.position.z = -215;
scene.add(plane);
scene.add(new THREE.AmbientLight(0x212223, 0.1));
return function () {
renderer.render(scene, pCamera);
};
}

Three.js LatheGeometry won't cast shadows

Lathe Geometry won't cast shadows but spheres and cubes do. Why is that ?
Image
My renderer:
var webGLRenderer = new THREE.WebGLRenderer();
webGLRenderer.setClearColor(0xAAAAAA, 1.0);
webGLRenderer.setSize(window.innerWidth, window.innerHeight);
webGLRenderer.shadowMapEnabled = true;
Lathe:
var latheGeometry = new THREE.LatheGeometry(array, Math.ceil(segments), 0, 2 * Math.PI);
//var meshMaterial = new THREE.MeshBasicMaterial({color:0x00ff00, transparent:true, opacity:0.6});
var meshMaterial = new THREE.MeshLambertMaterial({color: 0xFFFFFF});
meshMaterial.side = THREE.DoubleSide;
var wireFrameMat = new THREE.MeshBasicMaterial();
wireFrameMat.wireframe = false;
latheMesh = THREE.SceneUtils.createMultiMaterialObject(latheGeometry,[meshMaterial, wireFrameMat]);
latheMesh.rotation.x = Math.PI * -0.5;
latheMesh.position.z = 0;
latheMesh.castShadow = true;
scene.add(latheMesh);
My lighting:
var pointColor = "#ffffff";
directionalLight = new THREE.DirectionalLight(pointColor);
directionalLight.position.set(-50,50,50);
directionalLight.castShadow = true;
directionalLight.receiveShadow = false;
directionalLight.shadowCameraVisible = true;
directionalLight.intensity = 1;
directionalLight.shadowCameraNear = 50;
directionalLight.shadowCameraFar = 200;
directionalLight.shadowCameraLeft = -50;
directionalLight.shadowCameraRight = 40;
directionalLight.shadowCameraTop = 50;
directionalLight.shadowCameraBottom = -50;
directionalLight.distance = 0;
directionalLight.shadowMapHeight = 1024;
directionalLight.shadowMapWidth = 1024;
//scene.add( new THREE.DirectionalLightHelper(directionalLight, 0.5) );
scene.add(directionalLight);
As you can see, only sphere can cast shadow and not latheGeometry.
THREE.SceneUtils.createMultiMaterialObject() creates a THREE.Group with a child Mesh for each material.
You need to specify the castShadow property not for the group, but for the child mesh you want to cast the shadow.
three.js r.76

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