# Fixing Orthographic No-Shadows Issue?

**URL:** <https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/fixing-orthographic-no-shadows-issue/377810>\
**Category:** Cinematics & Media\
**Tags:** orthographic, bug, Shadows, unreal-engine, Lighting, question\
**Created:** [November 29, 2016, 3:20pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/fixing-orthographic-no-shadows-issue/377810 "2016-11-29T15:20:03Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Oscar\_Cooke-Abbott](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@Oscar\_Cooke-Abbott](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/Oscar_Cooke-Abbott)\
**Post date:** [November 29, 2016, 3:20pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/fixing-orthographic-no-shadows-issue/377810/1 "2016-11-29T15:20:03Z")

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I know many other people have already reported this bug, but the issue of no shadows from directional lights appearing when using orthographic cameras is ridiculous and crippling to projects like the one I’m currently working on as it requires this simple feature.  
So I’m just wondering if anyone ever plans to fix it, since it was originally added to the issue tracker over a year and a half ago?

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**Author:** ![Killnetic](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@Killnetic](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/Killnetic)\
**Post date:** [March 27, 2017, 12:34am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/fixing-orthographic-no-shadows-issue/377810/2 "2017-03-27T00:34:08Z")

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The issue needs upvoting in the tracker if it is going to be resolved. [Unreal Engine Issues and Bug Tracker (UE-7019)](https://issues.unrealengine.com/issue/UE-7019)