beginner Q: lighting and shadows

hello

i come from 2D/3D world of still images and i wanna try unity for some of my ideas. i no pretty much nothing about scripting

i’m trying to understand how shadows work in unity. i’ve been look the web but not finding any answers
i did find some scripts but without an explanation they’re useless (yeah, they don’t work)

so my question is simple; where can i learn about this? i prefer noob terms of course…i just wanna be make my models cast shadows :shock:

If you’re using Unity Free, then you can’t. Realtime shadows are a Pro only feature. You can use a projector to project shadow blobs under your character, but it’s pretty expensive, so I wouldn’t use it for more than the main character.

If you’re talking about shadows for static objects, you might be able to get those w/ the lightmapper. Not sure as I don’t use free myself.

i found my answers but thanx for the reply. a helping hand is always appreciated :slight_smile: