Lights & shadows

Directional, point, spot and area lights, and how their shadows are rendered.

Adding a light

Use Add › Lighting in the toolbar:

Light	What it's for
Directional Light	Light from far away, like the sun. Every new project has one.
Point Light	Light from a point, in every direction.
Spot Light	Light from a point, in a cone.
Rectangular Area Light	Light from a rectangle, like a window or a panel.

Shadows

Each light has flags in the Inspector:

Flag	What it does
Render shadows	The light casts shadows. On by default.
Cache shadow maps for static objects	Static objects' shadows are rendered once and reused, so only moving objects are redrawn each frame. On by default.
Only render shadows for static objects	Moving objects don't cast shadows from this light.
Bake static shadow map	Bakes static objects' shadows ahead of time. Only for static point and spot lights.

Baked static shadows

Enabling Bake static shadow map bakes the light's shadow map in the editor. To rebake every light that has this flag, use Bake › Static Shadows.