# \[4.27\] Shadows cast on translucent particles disappear at distance

**URL:** <https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/4-27-shadows-cast-on-translucent-particles-disappear-at-distance/488480>\
**Category:** Asset Creation\
**Tags:** dynamic-shadows, distance, unreal-engine, question\
**Created:** [September 6, 2021, 9:03pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/4-27-shadows-cast-on-translucent-particles-disappear-at-distance/488480 "2021-09-06T21:03:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![LordStuff](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@LordStuff](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/LordStuff)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2021, 9:03pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/4-27-shadows-cast-on-translucent-particles-disappear-at-distance/488480/1 "2021-09-06T21:03:06Z")

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Hey there!

I am playing around with Niagara and lighting and I made translucent smoke that’s supposed to cast and receive shadows. Now the casting works fairly well with [Translucent Particle Shadow Casting][1] and the shadows cast on the material look rather natural at close range too:

 ![348161-particles1.png](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/3/f/e/3fe3408f8747b0aa72ba11a6ab7ae2910fd431c2.png)

But when the translucent particles receive dynamic shadows from static meshes, the shadows disappear at pretty close distance.

![348162-particles2.png](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/7/3/0/730a58dd026c6a2adfd10b29d24a0805978ff158.png)

A similar problem has been described but not solved in this rather old thread:  
[Shadow on translucent material disappear at distance][4]

Any advice? Thanks and cheers!

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**Author:** ![LordStuff](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@LordStuff](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/LordStuff)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2021, 9:05pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/4-27-shadows-cast-on-translucent-particles-disappear-at-distance/488480/2 "2021-09-06T21:05:30Z")

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The shadows look nice from the back side as well:

 ![348163-particles3.png](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/d/e/b/debeb64cb6ac53958575fea9266b3bfd4d42a813.png)

But also disappear at fairly close range:

![348164-particles4.png](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/f/a/3/fa3a08c78e7697bd4a9d34ade2345084322dafc7.png)