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Abbottoklus
Inspiring
Jan 18, 2026 11:54 PM UTC
Question

Advanced 3D can't enable spot lights to cast shadows

The advanced 3D description and AE support page both say that advanced 3D now casts shadows from spot and parallel lights, but the option is greyed out. Is this a bug in the current main release, showing information from the beta that isn't actually supported yet?

 

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And yes it is checked on in this example but only because I had it turned on when testing environment lights. If I turn it off on environment it turns off in the greyed out spot light as well. See working environment shadows vs no spot light shadows for proof:

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5 replies

VictoriaNece
Community Manager
Community Manager
Jan 23, 2026 12:19 AM UTC

Which version are you on? Spot and parallel shadows are available in Advanced 3D in version 26.0 which came out this week.

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Abbottoklus
Inspiring
Jan 23, 2026 3:56 AM UTC

I literally just now got the option to update to 26.0 lol so that will probably fix it.

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ShiveringCactus
Community Expert
Community Expert
Jan 20, 2026 9:20 AM UTC

I'd noticed the same thing with parallel lights.  While @nishu_kush @gets the team on the case, I have found that the beta release does work.  You could try that.

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Abbottoklus
Inspiring
Jan 22, 2026 9:51 PM UTC

It's all good I faked it well enough for the shot to work. Just wanted the team to be aware of the bug!

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nishu_kush
Legend
Jan 19, 2026 4:51 PM UTC

That's not ideal. Thanks for reporting. I'll let the team know about it.


Thanks,
Nishu

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