you could give raytrace light another chance  :idea:

you can set the shadow strength (default 1) on the properties to something like .5 will let texture show through.

depth maps, there is an option to recalc the shadows.

(I cling to IBL and Atmo, in PP12 64 bits it's fast now.  Even with 20 raytrace bounces)

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