# Improve Performance for Shadows

**URL:** <https://discourse.stonehearth.net/t/improve-performance-for-shadows/32799>\
**Category:** Suggestions\
**Tags:** performance\_suggest\
**Created:** [November 27, 2017, 12:56am UTC](https://discourse.stonehearth.net/t/improve-performance-for-shadows/32799 "2017-11-27T00:56:38Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Banto](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/discourse.stonehearth.net/banto/32/68768_2.png) [@Banto](https://discourse.stonehearth.net/u/Banto)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2017, 12:56am UTC](https://discourse.stonehearth.net/t/improve-performance-for-shadows/32799/1 "2017-11-27T00:56:38Z")

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Using Shadows a bit into a game of Stonehearth for me makes me lose around 50% of my fps and i was wondering if it would not be possible to make so that the game wont for example render shadows that are not visible for the players current vision ect. That would probably make the game way smoother with shadows activated.

If this is already the way it’s let me know but i have a feeling that’s not the way it’s atm.  
Impossible for me to know since i can’t see what’s hiding what i can’t see 🙂

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**Author:** ![theFipmip](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/discourse.stonehearth.net/thefipmip/32/58662_2.png) [@theFipmip](https://discourse.stonehearth.net/u/theFipmip)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2017, 1:58am UTC](https://discourse.stonehearth.net/t/improve-performance-for-shadows/32799/2 "2017-11-27T01:58:39Z")

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nothing outside the view frustum is rendered.

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**Author:** ![genboom](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/discourse.stonehearth.net/genboom/32/51397_2.png) [@genboom](https://discourse.stonehearth.net/u/genboom)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2017, 2:06am UTC](https://discourse.stonehearth.net/t/improve-performance-for-shadows/32799/3 "2017-11-27T02:06:55Z")

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well for me, using the GTX 960, shadows still have rendering problems  
they have already started working on changing the lighting and stuff, so it should be updated whenever its ready I hope