Models no longer cast shadows after upgrading PlayCanvas engine

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If I update the PlayCanvas engine past version 1.62.2, then none of the models in my game cast shadows. All the models use a custom shader. Were there any changes in the engine after 1.62.2 that would account for this issue?

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Likely many, as 1.62.2 is pretty old.

Start with the debug engine and look at the logs, some warnings might be there.

Also check this: Shader Chunk Migrations | PlayCanvas Developer Site

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Thanks for replying. I am new to PlayCanvas. How do I enable the debug engine when working from localhost? is it available as a node module?

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Use one of the options with dbg in the name: playcanvas - npm
(it seems you’re engine only, and not Editor)

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I am using PlayCanvas as a component in a React app. We use the Editor to set up scenes and then sync them down to run locally.
I am having issues installing playcanvas.dbg via npm.

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@KPal - can you help here please.

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How are you currently trying to use playcanvas.dbg? You need to specify the full path when importing such as

import * as pc from 'playcanvas/build/playcanvas.dbg.mjs`
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Sorry for my confusion. I was thinking that the debug version was actually a completely separate package for some reason. I will update my imports.

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import * as pc from 'playcanvas/build/playcanvas.dbg.mjs`

returns an error

Could not find a declaration file for module 'playcanvas/build/playcanvas.dbg.mjs'.
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@KPal

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Hmmm are you using this with typescript?

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Yes. I see that there is a type declaration file in the build directory. But the debug version doesn’t seem to be detecting it.