Rendered image in eevee is not displaying shadows I am not sure where to look.
Both renderings are done with the exact same operating system environment settings yet one of them is not displaying shadows. What is the difference here and how do I fix it?
I have tried shutting down and restarting the computer numerous times with no changes to either file.
Thanks in advance.
EEVEE fakes pretty much everything in the scene when rendering. This includes Ambient Occlusion (which creates more realistic shading in EEVEE), reflections, refractions, etc. If you want a better result in EEVEE, I would recommend you use an HDRI map, and enable the checkbox for &quot;Ambient Occlusion&quot; in the render properties panel.
You can download high quality HDRs and HDRIs for free here.
More about Ambient Occlusion (AO) in the Blender Manual here.