Hi everyone,
I have downloaded this scene to my own ftp:
and only replaced the “skull.babylon” with a 3DS Max teapot (with Physical material), exported as a .babylon model.
Now the weirdest thing happens: after a second or so the self-shadow just disappears.
I have attached a video that shows how the self-shadow vanishes… POOFF.
Another strange thing is that the same teapot exported as a .glb model doesn’t show any shadows at all.
Any suggestions for these two issues? I’m probably missing some additional settings?
Thanks! 
Your video is just a blank screen for me for 17s…
Also, we will probably need a repro somewhere to be helpful.
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Hi @Evgeni_Popov, sorry! When you download the video it works as expected.
But I’ll also prepare a repro and screenshots, although it’s an exact downloaded copy from here:
The PG is working, so we would need you update it to make it fail in the same way than in the video.
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Hi @Evgeni_Popov, thank you for your patience with me 
I’ve uploaded the teapot to github and created this new Playground:
https://playground.babylonjs.com/#0TG0TB#28
When you hit the play button repeatedly SUPER fast (rapidfire), you can see the self-shadow for a fraction of a second before it disappears.
So there is something wrong with my model? I’m using the Babylon 3DS Max export plugin to export models.
(By the way, I know the model is not ‘watertight/STL proof’ for correct shadow calculations, but I have the same issue with models that are ‘watertight’.)
Thank you so much!
I could not reproduce the problem even by clicking the “play” button frantically…
Try to have a look at the console log when the bug occurs, it could give you some clues. Also, the Playground is a specific environment not really representative of a real production environment because a number of things are not reset when clicking the “play” button, meaning you are not in the same conditions than if you started over from a clean refresh. So the problems you face of could be only an artefact of the playground settings…
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Thank you @Evgeni_Popov, but don’t you see the same as me? I have attached a screenshot for you.
It’s clear that the self-shadow is all wrong, there is a strange ‘shadow dot’ on the top and slight shadow on the handle.
The shadows are wrong because the light is not located at the right position and the shadow generator / light parameters need to be tweeked a bit:
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Great @Evgeni_Popov! It seems I didn’t fully understand the shadow parameters.
I’ve created a ‘watertight’ teapot, exported as a .babylon model, which also works fine indeed:
https://playground.babylonjs.com/#0TG0TB#30
but when I export the exact same model as glb, there is no self-shadowing:
https://playground.babylonjs.com/#0TG0TB#31
Do you have a tip on how to fix that? Thanks!
When importing a gltf/glb file the first node is a special root node that is created automatically by the loader.
So, you change var skull = newMeshes[0]; to var skull = newMeshes[1]; to target your mesh.
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Oh sorry, I should have known that! Because I use glbs with a multimaterial. Well I think I tried it yesterday that way, but due to the wrong shadowgenerator settings that didn’t work.
Thank you SO MUCH @Evgeni_Popov, you saved me, AGAIN! 
