After this test, I loaded it up in Blender and I can confirm that you can cast shadows from your subject TO other objects and FROM other objects to your subject. So Im sure its possible in UE to do both, its just beyond my current understanding. See test image: th-cam.com/users/postUgkxqgQcLhR2ypVPNOZRGTEJa9ODmG-Y4EFR?si=qFSY3x3fF_3WFUst
After this test, I loaded it up in Blender and I can confirm that you can cast shadows from your subject TO other objects and FROM other objects to your subject. So Im sure its possible in UE to do both, its just beyond my current understanding.
See test image:
th-cam.com/users/postUgkxqgQcLhR2ypVPNOZRGTEJa9ODmG-Y4EFR?si=qFSY3x3fF_3WFUst