#179 (Mac/Metal) Malformed shadows and blue dotted lines across different parts of the maps.

Status: Awaiting review · Area: Graphics & Art · Lighting & Shadows

On Mac with Metal, ground shadows appear as sharp polygons and lines, and blue dotted lines show up across zones.

Current behavior

As I've been testing more of the latest arm64/metal build on my M4 Mac mini, I've been noticing strange shadow building across some maps. Some shadows on the ground will form as polygons or hard lines, as can be seen on this screenshot: The issue with the shadows is present on all the Shadow Quality options, except on "Fair"" I have noticed too that there are some blue dotted lines across every zone in Forever, that I remember being present on retail for a while too. Those are isues that seem like don't impact performance, but do take away some of the immersion in these zones. I have made a video showing the problems. Map coordinates can be seen there too: Will keep updating the post with more screenshots of different places, with coordinates.

Expected behavior

Expect rendered shadows to reflect more naturally the surroundings and the blue dotted lines to not be visible.

How to reproduce

Create a character
Go to Zephras Isle
Go to coordinates (65.1, 68,3)
Analyze the ground looking for strange-shaped shadow and artifacts.