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              • Troubleshoot grainy or flickering shadows in illuminated fog
              • Troubleshoot hardware shadows produce unexpected results
              • Troubleshoot inaccurate shadows from shadow depth maps
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              • Troubleshoot jagged or flickering shadow edges
              • Troubleshoot lights don’t cast shadows
              • Troubleshoot shadow appears detached from shadow casting surface
              • Troubleshoot shadow map problems
              • Troubleshoot shadow quality poor with light fog
              • Troubleshoot shadows flicker over animations
              • Troubleshoot staircase of dark triangles on surface (raytraced shadows)
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    Troubleshoot shadows

    Topics in this section
    • Troubleshoot dark spots or streaks on illuminated surfaces (outside of shadows)
    • Troubleshoot Dmap resolution changes don’t update in IPR
    • Troubleshoot grainy or flickering shadow edges (raytraced shadows)
    • Troubleshoot grainy or flickering shadows in illuminated fog
    • Troubleshoot hardware shadows produce unexpected results
    • Troubleshoot inaccurate shadows from shadow depth maps
    • Troubleshoot jagged edges
    • Troubleshoot jagged or flickering shadow edges
    • Troubleshoot lights don’t cast shadows
    • Troubleshoot shadow appears detached from shadow casting surface
    • Troubleshoot shadow map problems
    • Troubleshoot shadow quality poor with light fog
    • Troubleshoot shadows flicker over animations
    • Troubleshoot staircase of dark triangles on surface (raytraced shadows)
    • Troubleshoot translucence limitation with raytraced shadows
    • Troubleshoot transparent objects cast shadows for shadow depth maps
    Parent topic: Troubleshoot Lighting

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