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Anteworld - Outerra Game => Terrain & terrain data issues => Topic started by: WouterFS on April 06, 2012, 06:47:30 am

Title: Object (truck) casts shadow on mountain wall, terrain under truck does not?
Post by: WouterFS on April 06, 2012, 06:47:30 am

Standing on the edge of a cliff with the sun behind me, looking west, the truck (object) casts a clear shadow on the opposite cliff face. The terrain underneath me - Mt. Rainier - does not seem to have a shadow. The shadow of the truck seems to hang in midair.
Is it in the settings?
I used default settings in this screenshot, did not touch any of the graphics/terrain settings.
Moving sliders has no effect so far.

If not, this basic terrain shading issue is something for the to-do-list, perhaps?

Title: Re: Object (truck) casts shadow on mountain wall, terrain under truck does not?
Post by: cameni on April 06, 2012, 07:46:14 am

It is in the TODO list - terrain doesn't cast shadows yet. We need to make a couple of changes to the rendering system before we can enable it.

Title: Re: Object (truck) casts shadow on mountain wall, terrain under truck does not?
Post by: ZeosPantera on April 06, 2012, 02:46:26 pm

The change it is going to make to the look of the whole engine will be substantial. I can't wait.

Title: Re: Object (truck) casts shadow on mountain wall, terrain under truck does not?
Post by: KelvinNZ on April 10, 2012, 02:09:27 am

Quote from: ZeosPantera on April 06, 2012, 02:46:26 pm

The change it is going to make to the look of the whole engine will be substantial. I can't wait.

Sounds great, can't wait for the teaser shots to show. I purchased my GTX 680 today and I have officially christened it in Outerra. Turned up all settings (that I could understand) and wow, really can't wait to see the next significant advancement with OT engine.

Title: Re: Object (truck) casts shadow on mountain wall, terrain under truck does not?
Post by: Kviki on April 13, 2012, 03:53:25 pm

Wow! I didn't even notice that was missing. That's surely going to add a lot of more immersion.

Title: Re: Object (truck) casts shadow on mountain wall, terrain under truck does not?
Post by: ZeosPantera on April 23, 2012, 03:04:15 am

As of August.. Arma3 has the same issue.. LOL

(http://i.imgur.com/DYZXC.jpg)