diff --git a/src/client/clientmap.cpp b/src/client/clientmap.cpp
index d87510c0b..25cc62c35 100644
--- a/src/client/clientmap.cpp
+++ b/src/client/clientmap.cpp
@@ -1245,7 +1245,11 @@ void ClientMap::renderMap(video::IVideoDriver* driver, s32 pass)
 		// Mesh animation
 		if (pass == scene::ESNRP_SOLID) {
 			// Pretty random but this should work somewhat nicely
-			bool faraway = false; //d >= BS * 50;
+			bool faraway = d >= BS * 50;
+
+			if (is_far)
+				faraway = false;
+
 			if (block_mesh->isAnimationForced() || !faraway ||
 					mesh_animate_count < (m_control.range_all ? 200 : 50)) {
 
@@ -1614,10 +1618,13 @@ void ClientMap::renderMapShadows(video::IVideoDriver *driver,
 		auto block = i.second;
 
 		// If the mesh of the block happened to get deleted, ignore it
-		auto mapBlockMesh = block->getLodMesh(getLodStep(m_control, getNodeBlockPos(m_camera_position_node), block->getPos(), speedf), true);
+		auto mapBlockMesh = block->getLodMesh(getLodStep(m_control, getNodeBlockPos(m_camera_position_node), block_pos, speedf), true);
 
-		//if (!mapBlockMesh)
-		//	mapBlockMesh = block->getFarMesh(getFarStep(m_control, getNodeBlockPos(m_far_blocks_last_cam_pos), block->getPos()));
+#if FARMESH_SHADOWS
+		if (!mapBlockMesh) {
+			mapBlockMesh = block->getFarMesh(getFarStep(m_control, getNodeBlockPos(far_blocks_last_cam_pos), block_pos ));
+		}
+#endif
 
 		if (!mapBlockMesh)
 			continue;
@@ -1793,6 +1800,18 @@ void ClientMap::updateDrawListShadow(v3f shadow_light_pos, v3f shadow_light_dir,
 			}
 		}
 
+#if FARMESH_SHADOWS
+	{
+		const auto lock = m_far_blocks.lock_shared_rec();
+		for (const auto &[pos, block] : m_far_blocks) {
+			if (far_iteration_clean && block->far_iteration < far_iteration_clean) {
+			} else if (block->far_iteration >= far_iteration_use) {
+				m_drawlist_shadow.emplace(pos, block);
+			}
+		}
+	}
+#endif
+
 	m_drawlist_shadow_current = !m_drawlist_shadow_current;
 
 	g_profiler->avg("SHADOW MapBlock meshes in range [#]", blocks_in_range_with_mesh);
@@ -1819,7 +1838,14 @@ void ClientMap::updateTransparentMeshBuffers()
 	// Update the order of transparent mesh buffers in each mesh
 	for (auto it = m_drawlist.begin(); it != m_drawlist.end(); it++) {
 		auto block = it->second;
-		const auto block_mesh = block->getLodMesh(getLodStep(m_control, getNodeBlockPos(m_camera_position_node), block->getPos(), speedf));
+		auto block_mesh = block->getLodMesh(getLodStep(m_control, getNodeBlockPos(m_camera_position_node), block->getPos(), speedf));
+
+#if FARMESH_SHADOWS
+		if (!block_mesh) {
+			block_mesh = block->getFarMesh(getFarStep(m_control, getNodeBlockPos(far_blocks_last_cam_pos), block->getPos()));
+		}
+#endif
+
 		if (!block_mesh)
 			continue;
 
diff --git a/src/client/fm_client.cpp b/src/client/fm_client.cpp
index f6528791a..9b348ee37 100644
--- a/src/client/fm_client.cpp
+++ b/src/client/fm_client.cpp
@@ -154,7 +154,12 @@ void Client::createFarMesh(MapBlockP &block)
 		const auto &blockpos_actual = block->getPos();
 		const auto &m_camera_offset = m_camera->getOffset();
 		const auto &step = block->far_step;
-		MeshMakeData mdat(m_client, false, 0, step, &m_client->far_container);
+#if FARMESH_SHADOWS
+		static const auto m_cache_enable_shaders = g_settings->getBool("enable_shaders");
+#else
+		static const auto m_cache_enable_shaders = false;
+#endif
+		MeshMakeData mdat(m_client, m_cache_enable_shaders, 0, step, &m_client->far_container);
 		mdat.m_blockpos = blockpos_actual;
 		const auto mbmsh = std::make_shared<MapBlockMesh>(&mdat, m_camera_offset);
 		block->setFarMesh(mbmsh, step);
diff --git a/src/client/fm_farmesh.h b/src/client/fm_farmesh.h
index e7324d634..36cda5ccd 100644
--- a/src/client/fm_farmesh.h
+++ b/src/client/fm_farmesh.h
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ class Server;
 
 // #define FARMESH_FAST 1
 // #define FARMESH_DEBUG 1 // One dirction, one thread, no neighborhoods
-
+// #define FARMESH_SHADOWS 1 // Unfinished
 
 class FarMesh
 {
diff --git a/src/client/mapblock_mesh.cpp b/src/client/mapblock_mesh.cpp
index b54946771..f1b985dd2 100644
--- a/src/client/mapblock_mesh.cpp
+++ b/src/client/mapblock_mesh.cpp
@@ -803,8 +803,9 @@ MapBlockMesh::MapBlockMesh(MeshMakeData *data, v3s16 camera_offset):
 				tex.MagFilter = video::ETMAGF_NEAREST;
 			});
 
-		  if (data->far_step <= 0)
-			if (m_enable_shaders) {
+#if !FARMESH_SHADOWS
+		 if (data->far_step <= 0)
+#endif
 				material.MaterialType = m_shdrsrc->getShaderInfo(
 						p.layer.shader_id).material;
 				p.layer.applyMaterialOptionsWithShaders(material);
@@ -819,7 +820,11 @@ MapBlockMesh::MapBlockMesh(MeshMakeData *data, v3s16 camera_offset):
 
 			scene::SMeshBuffer *buf = new scene::SMeshBuffer();
 			buf->Material = material;
-			if (p.layer.isTransparent() && data->far_step <= 0) {
+			if (p.layer.isTransparent() 
+#if !FARMESH_SHADOWS
+				&& data->far_step <= 0
+#endif
+			) {
 				buf->append(&p.vertices[0], p.vertices.size(), nullptr, 0);
 
 				MeshTriangle t;
diff --git a/src/client/mapblock_mesh.h b/src/client/mapblock_mesh.h
index c54f61eb2..e88e749af 100644
--- a/src/client/mapblock_mesh.h
+++ b/src/client/mapblock_mesh.h
@@ -54,15 +54,15 @@ struct MeshMakeData
 
     // fm:
 	NodeContainer & m_vmanip;
-	u16 side_length_data;
-	int lod_step;
-	int far_step;
+	const u16 side_length_data;
+	const int lod_step;
+	const int far_step;
 	const int fscale;
 
-	int range = 1;
-	bool no_draw = false;
-	unsigned int timestamp = 0;
-	bool debug = false;
+	int range  {1};
+	bool no_draw {};
+	unsigned int timestamp {};
+	bool debug {};
 
 	explicit MeshMakeData(Client *client, bool use_shaders
 			, int lod_step = 0