Lights don't work in Orthographic view

[Brutile]

I've noticed that lights don't work when using the orthographic camera view.

I have a top down camera in orthographic view with a spotlight facing downwards.

The light doesn't work unless I leave the camera as perspective.

[Josh]

That's correct. The shaders can't calculate shadows without a perspective view.

[mdgunn]

Does that mean that if you're using orthographic then everything is 'fullbright' if you know what I mean (maybe controlled by ambient level or something). Do you have to just make your graphics have the right look in your art program so 'lit' by drawing them with shadows, highlights etc. and then they'll look the same in Leadwerks?