Directional Light

self:get_shadow_max_distance

Client

Retrieves the maximum distance at which the directional light renders shadows

local distance = self:get_shadow_max_distance()

No parameters are accepted by this function

Type	Name	Description
`float`	distance	Current shadow max distance in world units

Get the shadow max distance of a directional light

local entity = light.directional.create()

core.engine.print("info", "Shadow Max Distance:", entity:get_shadow_max_distance())

self:get_shadow_pancake_size

Retrieves the shadow pancake size of the directional light, which reduces peter-panning on shadow edges by squashing the shadow frustum

self:get_shadow_fade_start

Retrieves the shadow fade start of the directional light, as a proportion of the shadow max distance at which shadows begin fading out