Marmoset Toolbag - Use Cascades

adamrice117

Hey all, anyone have any good tuts to learn more about the 'Use Cascades' feature in Marmoset Toolbag 3? The settings I'm using seem finicky and tricky, but it's probably how I'm using them. Any thoughts based on this quick screen capture of me messing with the settings?

The harsh shadow line doesn't appear to be affected easily with the Cascade Distance.

adamrice117

Can't seem to post a video, but here's a screen grab

DavidCruz

my only guess is click tessellation and move the voxel fit all the way up?
Does your model line up with the reference <option in the same window ?

This is in wrong thread but idc though a mod should move it.(not being bossy i like organization.)

adamrice117

Hi David, thanks for the reply. I'll try that and let you know.

Oh shoot, the wrong thread, as in where I posted the question?

adamrice117

Looks like it was one of the child lights. Rotating them one by one moved the harsh line off the mesh. I guess it was more of a shadows and falloff issue rather than Use Cascades.

Thanks!

EarthQuake

Cascading shadow maps is a technique that prioritizes the shadow map resolution of directional lights for nearby areas. This can be effective if you have a large environment, as the areas closer to the camera will receive additional shadow resolution, and the areas further away will receive less.

For something like a small prop, cascades are not recommended and it may be easier to spot the transition zones in the resulting shadow map.

adamrice117

Ah, good to know!

Thanks EQ