# Spot light don't cast shadow

**URL:** <https://discourse.threejs.org/t/spot-light-dont-cast-shadow/72353>\
**Category:** Questions\
**Tags:** spotlight, shadows\
**Created:** [October 3, 2024, 3:26pm UTC](https://discourse.threejs.org/t/spot-light-dont-cast-shadow/72353 "2024-10-03T15:26:27Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![MejdiKazdarlli](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.threejs.org/mejdikazdarlli/32/47891_2.png) [@MejdiKazdarlli](https://discourse.threejs.org/u/MejdiKazdarlli)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2024, 3:26pm UTC](https://discourse.threejs.org/t/spot-light-dont-cast-shadow/72353/1 "2024-10-03T15:26:27Z")

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![spotLight](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/uploads/threejs/original/3X/4/d/4d7d509101fe6629ce3fa3f05f4b69da930a05bd.png)  
spot light don’t cast shadow  
 ![directionalLight](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/uploads/threejs/original/3X/3/f/3f756bd8be68e07e026e19734590e46f85ad7a19.png)  
directional light cast shadow

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**Author:** ![seanwasere](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.threejs.org/seanwasere/32/20864_2.png) [@seanwasere](https://discourse.threejs.org/u/seanwasere)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2024, 3:47pm UTC](https://discourse.threejs.org/t/spot-light-dont-cast-shadow/72353/2 "2024-10-03T15:47:51Z")

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Spotlight shadow does work.

You’ve probably missed something or did something wrong in your code.

_Three r168_

> **[Shadows (Spotlight selected)](https://editor.sbcode.net/8d288194e9afc364c8e9f7b42c534e9268293b9c)**
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> https://editor.sbcode.net/8d288194e9afc364c8e9f7b42c534e9268293b9c

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**Author:** ![drcmda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/91b2a8/32.png) [@drcmda](https://discourse.threejs.org/u/drcmda)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2024, 4:28pm UTC](https://discourse.threejs.org/t/spot-light-dont-cast-shadow/72353/3 "2024-10-03T16:28:37Z")

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try decay = 0

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**Author:** ![MejdiKazdarlli](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.threejs.org/mejdikazdarlli/32/47891_2.png) [@MejdiKazdarlli](https://discourse.threejs.org/u/MejdiKazdarlli)\
**Post date:** [October 4, 2024, 1:02pm UTC](https://discourse.threejs.org/t/spot-light-dont-cast-shadow/72353/4 "2024-10-04T13:02:25Z")

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Hi, thanks for your reply  
I fixed the issue 🙂  
it was the relationship between spotLight.angle and spotLight.shadow.camera.near  
your link helped me a lot thx again