# Are soft shadows supported on iOS ?

**URL:** https://discussions.unity.com/t/are-soft-shadows-supported-on-ios/68898
**Category:** Questions & Answers
**Created:** [April 18, 2013, 8:35am UTC](https://discussions.unity.com/t/are-soft-shadows-supported-on-ios/68898 "2013-04-18T08:35:25Z")
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### Author: ![pointcube](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ec9cab/32.png) [@pointcube](https://discussions.unity.com/u/pointcube)
#### Post date: [April 18, 2013, 8:35am UTC](https://discussions.unity.com/t/are-soft-shadows-supported-on-ios/68898/1 "2013-04-18T08:35:25Z")

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Hello,  
I am trying to get soft shadows work. On standalone version it’s OK, but it seems that in iOS export (on my iPad 3) it doesn’t work. I only have hard shadows.  
Are soft shadows supported on iOS? Is there any alternative?

Thanks.

David.

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### Author: ![Griffo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@Griffo](https://discussions.unity.com/u/Griffo)
#### Post date: [April 18, 2013, 8:45am UTC](https://discussions.unity.com/t/are-soft-shadows-supported-on-ios/68898/2 "2013-04-18T08:45:19Z")

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Not sure but have you set them in -

Edit,  
Project Settings,  
Quality,  
Shadows -  
Hard Shadows Only -  
Hard and Soft Shadows

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### Author: ![proandrius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b19c9b/32.png) [@proandrius](https://discussions.unity.com/u/proandrius)
#### Post date: [April 22, 2013, 2:30pm UTC](https://discussions.unity.com/t/are-soft-shadows-supported-on-ios/68898/3 "2013-04-22T14:30:20Z")

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Currently Unity does not support iOS Soft Shadows.

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### Author: ![Streamfall](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/unity/user_avatar/discussions.unity.com/streamfall/32/134101_2.png) [@Streamfall](https://discussions.unity.com/u/Streamfall)
#### Post date: [September 12, 2015, 1:19am UTC](https://discussions.unity.com/t/are-soft-shadows-supported-on-ios/68898/4 "2015-09-12T01:19:53Z")

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Has anyone had any success with soft shadows on iOS?

I tinkered some with AutoLight.cginc, based on what I found [here](http://forum.unity3d.com/threads/free-directional-light-soft-shadow-unity-indie.257432/#post-1708062).

My file is included.

I have tried this with various GL settings, usually with Errors like this when building plus a dark model[54102-autolightcginc.zip|54102]:

```
Shader error in 'Shader Forge/AlphaWithShadows': cannot access field `x' of non-structure / non-vector; type mismatch at line 59

```