When an entities View Range is set to Far,Medium, or Near they will not have any shadows if I am using a Directional Light. If I have a spot or point light they will have shadows regardless of view range. Video --
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ppHJhwTrsD8
--edit I tested this on a new a map with the same pine tree model seen in the video but in my new map I can see the entities shadow regardless of its view range setting. Maybe my map is just bugged?