feat(lighting): added components, exporter support & testing for blender-configurable shadows

* added BlenderLightShadows component to bevy_gltf_components
 * added writing shadow information to gltf_auto_export
 * updated tests

crates/bevy_gltf_components/src/blender_settings/lighting.rs

@@ -1,15 +1,28 @@
 use bevy::pbr::DirectionalLightShadowMap;
 use bevy::prelude::*;
 
+use crate::GltfComponentsSet;
+
 pub(crate) fn plugin(app: &mut App) {
     app.register_type::<BlenderBackgroundShader>()
         .register_type::<BlenderShadowSettings>()
+        .register_type::<BlenderLightShadows>()
         .add_systems(
             Update,
-            (process_lights, process_shadowmap, process_background_shader),
+            (process_lights, process_shadowmap, process_background_shader)
+                .after(GltfComponentsSet::Injection),
         );
 }
 
+#[derive(Component, Reflect, Default, Debug, PartialEq, Clone)]
+#[reflect(Component)]
+#[non_exhaustive]
+/// The properties of a light's shadow , to enable controlling per light shadows from Blender
+pub struct BlenderLightShadows {
+    pub enabled: bool,
+    pub buffer_bias: f32,
+}
+
 /// The background color as described by Blender's [background shader](https://docs.blender.org/manual/en/latest/render/shader_nodes/shader/background.html).
 #[derive(Component, Reflect, Default, Debug, PartialEq, Clone)]
 #[reflect(Component)]
@@ -28,21 +41,36 @@ pub struct BlenderShadowSettings {
 }
 
 fn process_lights(
-    mut directional_lights: Query<&mut DirectionalLight, Added<DirectionalLight>>,
-    mut spot_lights: Query<&mut SpotLight, Added<SpotLight>>,
-    mut point_lights: Query<&mut PointLight, Added<PointLight>>,
+    mut directional_lights: Query<
+        (&mut DirectionalLight, Option<&BlenderLightShadows>),
+        Added<DirectionalLight>,
+    >,
+    mut spot_lights: Query<(&mut SpotLight, Option<&BlenderLightShadows>), Added<SpotLight>>,
+    mut point_lights: Query<(&mut PointLight, Option<&BlenderLightShadows>), Added<PointLight>>,
 ) {
-    for mut light in directional_lights.iter_mut() {
+    for (mut light, blender_light_shadows) in directional_lights.iter_mut() {
+        if let Some(blender_light_shadows) = blender_light_shadows {
+            light.shadows_enabled = blender_light_shadows.enabled;
+        } else {
             light.shadows_enabled = true;
         }
-    for mut light in spot_lights.iter_mut() {
+    }
+    for (mut light, blender_light_shadows) in spot_lights.iter_mut() {
+        if let Some(blender_light_shadows) = blender_light_shadows {
+            light.shadows_enabled = blender_light_shadows.enabled;
+        } else {
             light.shadows_enabled = true;
         }
+    }
 
-    for mut light in point_lights.iter_mut() {
+    for (mut light, blender_light_shadows) in point_lights.iter_mut() {
+        if let Some(blender_light_shadows) = blender_light_shadows {
+            light.shadows_enabled = blender_light_shadows.enabled;
+        } else {
             light.shadows_enabled = true;
         }
     }
+}
 
 fn process_shadowmap(
     shadowmaps: Query<&BlenderShadowSettings, Added<BlenderShadowSettings>>,

crates/bevy_gltf_components/src/lib.rs

@@ -11,7 +11,11 @@ pub mod blender_settings;
 
 use bevy::{
     app::Startup,
-    ecs::{component::Component, reflect::ReflectComponent, system::{Res, Resource}},
+    ecs::{
+        component::Component,
+        reflect::ReflectComponent,
+        system::{Res, Resource},
+    },
     log::warn,
     prelude::{App, IntoSystemConfigs, Plugin, SystemSet, Update},
     reflect::Reflect,

testing/bevy_example/assets/registry.json

@@ -3623,6 +3623,31 @@
       "type": "object",
       "typeInfo": "Struct"
     },
+    "bevy_gltf_components::blender_settings::lighting::BlenderLightShadows": {
+      "additionalProperties": false,
+      "isComponent": true,
+      "isResource": false,
+      "properties": {
+        "buffer_bias": {
+          "type": {
+            "$ref": "#/$defs/f32"
+          }
+        },
+        "enabled": {
+          "type": {
+            "$ref": "#/$defs/bool"
+          }
+        }
+      },
+      "required": [
+        "enabled",
+        "buffer_bias"
+      ],
+      "short_name": "BlenderLightShadows",
+      "title": "bevy_gltf_components::blender_settings::lighting::BlenderLightShadows",
+      "type": "object",
+      "typeInfo": "Struct"
+    },
     "bevy_gltf_components::blender_settings::lighting::BlenderShadowSettings": {
       "additionalProperties": false,
       "isComponent": true,

tools/gltf_auto_export/auto_export/auto_export.py

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ from ..modules.bevy_scene_components import upsert_scene_components
 def auto_export(changes_per_scene, changed_export_parameters, addon_prefs):
     # have the export parameters (not auto export, just gltf export) have changed: if yes (for example switch from glb to gltf, compression or not, animations or not etc), we need to re-export everything
     print ("changed_export_parameters", changed_export_parameters)
+    
     try:
         file_path = bpy.data.filepath
         # Get the folder
@@ -38,6 +39,10 @@ def auto_export(changes_per_scene, changed_export_parameters, addon_prefs):
         if export_scene_settings:
             # inject/ update scene components
             upsert_scene_components(bpy.context.scene, bpy.context.scene.world, main_scene_names)
+        #inject/ update light shadow information
+        for light in bpy.data.lights:
+            enabled = 'true' if light.use_shadow else 'false'
+            light['BlenderLightShadows'] = f"(enabled: {enabled}, buffer_bias: {light.shadow_buffer_bias})"
 
         # export
         if export_blueprints: