Sprite2D turns dark from its own shadow

[_kolhoznik]

Godot Version

4.2.1 stable

Question

There is a Sprite2D in my game that has a LightOccluder2D child. There is also a Directional Light 2D on the stage, which has shadows enabled, however, I ran into a problem. The shadow that falls from LightOccluder2D obscures Sprite2D. How can I fix this?

[herrspaten]

You can set the Material of the sprite to a canvasitemmaterial and then set the lightmode, but this will affect all lightsources interaction with this sprite.
Or change the light-layer

[_kolhoznik]

Solution with light layer is more better for me. I have already tried to change them, but I did not succeed. How do I change them correctly?

[herrspaten]

CanvasItem → LightMask, but im not sure this has the effect you want it to have

Set your lightsource to layer 1 + 2 and your sprite to 2 and your shadow to 1

[_kolhoznik]

I changed Sprite2D Light Mask to 2, Light occluder to 1,directional light to 1 and 2 but nothing changed.

[herrspaten]

Yeah i think this will only work with the canvasitemmaterial.
Maybe this tutorial can help:

Godot 4.0: Proper lighting setup for topdown 2D

[_kolhoznik]

Everything works. Thanks a lot