Two questions.
I have noticed that with my shadows that if I have fog the shadows stay dark even if object is deep in fog. Is their a solution for this so the shadow fades as the object enters more dense fog? My fog right now is shadow_stencil = 3;

Second:
In many games I see the directional maps in the cornors of screen with little dots showing whats in front of you etc.
Can someone point me in the right direction for creating one of those? I dont think they are just camera top VIEW are they?
thanks.