Use a special sampler for 2D shadows, so they are softer

servers/visual/rasterizer/rasterizer_canvas_rd.cpp

@@ -1302,6 +1302,14 @@ void RasterizerCanvasRD::_update_canvas_state_uniform_set() {
 		uniforms.push_back(u_shadows);
 	}
 
+	{
+		RD::Uniform u;
+		u.type = RD::UNIFORM_TYPE_SAMPLER;
+		u.binding = 4;
+		u.ids.push_back(state.shadow_sampler);
+		uniforms.push_back(u);
+	}
+
 	state.canvas_state_uniform_set = RD::get_singleton()->uniform_set_create(uniforms, shader.default_version_rd_shader, 3); // uses index 3
 }
 
@@ -1937,6 +1945,13 @@ RasterizerCanvasRD::RasterizerCanvasRD(RasterizerStorageRD *p_storage) {
 		{ //state allocate
 			state.canvas_state_buffer = RD::get_singleton()->uniform_buffer_create(sizeof(State::Buffer));
 			state.lights_uniform_buffer = RD::get_singleton()->uniform_buffer_create(sizeof(LightUniform) * MAX_RENDER_LIGHTS);
+
+			RD::SamplerState shadow_sampler_state;
+			shadow_sampler_state.mag_filter = RD::SAMPLER_FILTER_LINEAR;
+			shadow_sampler_state.min_filter = RD::SAMPLER_FILTER_LINEAR;
+			shadow_sampler_state.repeat_u = RD::SAMPLER_REPEAT_MODE_REPEAT; //shadow wrap around
+			shadow_sampler_state.compare_op = RD::COMPARE_OP_GREATER;
+			state.shadow_sampler = RD::get_singleton()->sampler_create(shadow_sampler_state);
 		}
 	}
 

servers/visual/rasterizer/rasterizer_canvas_rd.h

@@ -293,6 +293,7 @@ class RasterizerCanvasRD : public RasterizerCanvas {
 
 		RID lights_uniform_buffer;
 		RID canvas_state_buffer;
+		RID shadow_sampler;
 
 		//uniform set for all the above
 		RID canvas_state_uniform_set;

servers/visual/rasterizer/shaders/canvas.glsl

@@ -522,33 +522,36 @@ FRAGMENT_SHADER_CODE
 			//float distance = length(shadow_pos);
 			float shadow;
 			uint shadow_mode = light_array.data[light_base].flags&LIGHT_FLAGS_FILTER_MASK;
+
+			vec4 shadow_uv = vec4(tex_ofs,0.0,distance,1.0);
+
 			if (shadow_mode==LIGHT_FLAGS_SHADOW_NEAREST) {
-				shadow = step(texture(sampler2D(shadow_textures[texture_idx],texture_sampler),vec2(tex_ofs,0.0)).x,distance);
+				shadow = textureProj(sampler2DShadow(shadow_textures[texture_idx],shadow_sampler),shadow_uv).x;
 			} else if (shadow_mode==LIGHT_FLAGS_SHADOW_PCF5) {
-				float shadow_pixel_size = light_array.data[light_base].shadow_pixel_size;
+				vec4 shadow_pixel_size = vec4(light_array.data[light_base].shadow_pixel_size,0.0,0.0,0.0);
 				shadow = 0.0;
-				shadow += step(texture(sampler2D(shadow_textures[texture_idx],texture_sampler),vec2(tex_ofs-shadow_pixel_size*2.0,0.0)).x,distance);
-				shadow += step(texture(sampler2D(shadow_textures[texture_idx],texture_sampler),vec2(tex_ofs-shadow_pixel_size,0.0)).x,distance);
-				shadow += step(texture(sampler2D(shadow_textures[texture_idx],texture_sampler),vec2(tex_ofs,0.0)).x,distance);
-				shadow += step(texture(sampler2D(shadow_textures[texture_idx],texture_sampler),vec2(tex_ofs+shadow_pixel_size,0.0)).x,distance);
-				shadow += step(texture(sampler2D(shadow_textures[texture_idx],texture_sampler),vec2(tex_ofs+shadow_pixel_size*2.0,0.0)).x,distance);
+				shadow += textureProj(sampler2DShadow(shadow_textures[texture_idx],shadow_sampler),shadow_uv-shadow_pixel_size*2.0).x;
+				shadow += textureProj(sampler2DShadow(shadow_textures[texture_idx],shadow_sampler),shadow_uv-shadow_pixel_size).x;
+				shadow += textureProj(sampler2DShadow(shadow_textures[texture_idx],shadow_sampler),shadow_uv).x;
+				shadow += textureProj(sampler2DShadow(shadow_textures[texture_idx],shadow_sampler),shadow_uv+shadow_pixel_size).x;
+				shadow += textureProj(sampler2DShadow(shadow_textures[texture_idx],shadow_sampler),shadow_uv+shadow_pixel_size*2.0).x;
 				shadow/=5.0;
 			} else if (shadow_mode==LIGHT_FLAGS_SHADOW_PCF13) {
-				float shadow_pixel_size = light_array.data[light_base].shadow_pixel_size;
+				vec4 shadow_pixel_size = vec4(light_array.data[light_base].shadow_pixel_size,0.0,0.0,0.0);
 				shadow = 0.0;
-				shadow += step(texture(sampler2D(shadow_textures[texture_idx],texture_sampler),vec2(tex_ofs-shadow_pixel_size*6.0,0.0)).x,distance);
-				shadow += step(texture(sampler2D(shadow_textures[texture_idx],texture_sampler),vec2(tex_ofs-shadow_pixel_size*5.0,0.0)).x,distance);
-				shadow += step(texture(sampler2D(shadow_textures[texture_idx],texture_sampler),vec2(tex_ofs-shadow_pixel_size*4.0,0.0)).x,distance);
-				shadow += step(texture(sampler2D(shadow_textures[texture_idx],texture_sampler),vec2(tex_ofs-shadow_pixel_size*3.0,0.0)).x,distance);
-				shadow += step(texture(sampler2D(shadow_textures[texture_idx],texture_sampler),vec2(tex_ofs-shadow_pixel_size*2.0,0.0)).x,distance);
-				shadow += step(texture(sampler2D(shadow_textures[texture_idx],texture_sampler),vec2(tex_ofs-shadow_pixel_size,0.0)).x,distance);
-				shadow += step(texture(sampler2D(shadow_textures[texture_idx],texture_sampler),vec2(tex_ofs,0.0)).x,distance);
-				shadow += step(texture(sampler2D(shadow_textures[texture_idx],texture_sampler),vec2(tex_ofs+shadow_pixel_size,0.0)).x,distance);
-				shadow += step(texture(sampler2D(shadow_textures[texture_idx],texture_sampler),vec2(tex_ofs+shadow_pixel_size*2.0,0.0)).x,distance);
-				shadow += step(texture(sampler2D(shadow_textures[texture_idx],texture_sampler),vec2(tex_ofs+shadow_pixel_size*3.0,0.0)).x,distance);
-				shadow += step(texture(sampler2D(shadow_textures[texture_idx],texture_sampler),vec2(tex_ofs+shadow_pixel_size*4.0,0.0)).x,distance);
-				shadow += step(texture(sampler2D(shadow_textures[texture_idx],texture_sampler),vec2(tex_ofs+shadow_pixel_size*5.0,0.0)).x,distance);
-				shadow += step(texture(sampler2D(shadow_textures[texture_idx],texture_sampler),vec2(tex_ofs+shadow_pixel_size*6.0,0.0)).x,distance);
+				shadow += textureProj(sampler2DShadow(shadow_textures[texture_idx],shadow_sampler),shadow_uv-shadow_pixel_size*6.0).x;
+				shadow += textureProj(sampler2DShadow(shadow_textures[texture_idx],shadow_sampler),shadow_uv-shadow_pixel_size*5.0).x;
+				shadow += textureProj(sampler2DShadow(shadow_textures[texture_idx],shadow_sampler),shadow_uv-shadow_pixel_size*4.0).x;
+				shadow += textureProj(sampler2DShadow(shadow_textures[texture_idx],shadow_sampler),shadow_uv-shadow_pixel_size*3.0).x;
+				shadow += textureProj(sampler2DShadow(shadow_textures[texture_idx],shadow_sampler),shadow_uv-shadow_pixel_size*2.0).x;
+				shadow += textureProj(sampler2DShadow(shadow_textures[texture_idx],shadow_sampler),shadow_uv-shadow_pixel_size).x;
+				shadow += textureProj(sampler2DShadow(shadow_textures[texture_idx],shadow_sampler),shadow_uv).x;
+				shadow += textureProj(sampler2DShadow(shadow_textures[texture_idx],shadow_sampler),shadow_uv+shadow_pixel_size).x;
+				shadow += textureProj(sampler2DShadow(shadow_textures[texture_idx],shadow_sampler),shadow_uv+shadow_pixel_size*2.0).x;
+				shadow += textureProj(sampler2DShadow(shadow_textures[texture_idx],shadow_sampler),shadow_uv+shadow_pixel_size*3.0).x;
+				shadow += textureProj(sampler2DShadow(shadow_textures[texture_idx],shadow_sampler),shadow_uv+shadow_pixel_size*4.0).x;
+				shadow += textureProj(sampler2DShadow(shadow_textures[texture_idx],shadow_sampler),shadow_uv+shadow_pixel_size*5.0).x;
+				shadow += textureProj(sampler2DShadow(shadow_textures[texture_idx],shadow_sampler),shadow_uv+shadow_pixel_size*6.0).x;
 				shadow/=13.0;
 			}
 

servers/visual/rasterizer/shaders/canvas_uniforms_inc.glsl

@@ -121,3 +121,5 @@ layout(set = 3, binding = 1, std140) uniform LightData {
 
 layout(set = 3, binding = 2) uniform texture2D light_textures[MAX_LIGHT_TEXTURES];
 layout(set = 3, binding = 3) uniform texture2D shadow_textures[MAX_LIGHT_TEXTURES];
+
+layout(set = 3, binding = 4) uniform sampler shadow_sampler;