Strange Shadow Boxes or X's Appear on the Terrain When I Add Lights

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Hello all! I have a real quick question today. What is up with those boxes or X's of shadows on the ground when you add lights? What is causing this and how do you recommend I disable or get around (in other words: Fix.) it from happening? Thanks! Here is a picture showing a real quick example:

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It's very strange...

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Answer by darkcookie · Jun 16, 2011 at 09:32 AM

you can take of hard shadows from the "shadow type option" and check your values for the light....make a new directional light......if that doesnt work reduce the size of your textures:)

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LeeGibson · Jun 16, 2011 at 09:54 AM 0

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i used soft shadows. switched them to hard shadows, but no change. even if i don't use any shadows at all, the darker squares in the texture are still there, so i guess it maybe hasn't anything to do with my directional light. just in case i made a new directional light, didn't help either. reduced the base texture resolution from 1024 to 512; same for detail resolution. control texture resolution is also 512. terrain length & wide is 500*500...

LeeGibson · Jun 16, 2011 at 10:02 AM 0

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the problem seems to come from 2 point lights in the terrain - when i turn them off, the squares are gone. the point light is without shadows or anything fancy... i have 4 of them, 2 are good without problems, 2 are bad.

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