yes, but if it is a screenaligned quad this must have a skin and thus must be able to be manipulated.
simple soft shadows should be possible, no accurate distance dependent shadows. i think the shadow system must be updated. in the shaderX2 and X3 there are some reasonable examples how to do this


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