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Shadow not appear in simulator

MANOCHVARMA RAMAN

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Hi there,

I have made approach lights model using Blender. Unfortunately, the model not cast shadow. "No Shadow" setting was set to false in MCX and the shadow appear nicely in MCX screen. After it was compiled into BGL and load in the sim, the shadow not appear. Does anyone knows why it is so? I can see other default building shadows appear in my sim such as tower, aircraft and etc.

FSX Screenshot:
Screenshot (62).png


MCX Screenshot:
Screenshot (63).png

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Rotornut44

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Check all of your textures in MCX and make sure that noshadow=false for each of them.
 
MANOCHVARMA RAMAN

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As I am aware if there are problem with the texture then the shadow should not appear in P3D too. But in P3D all work perfectly
 
Rotornut44

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If I could get FSX:SE to reinstall, I would troubleshoot the issue for you some more, but my Steam folder seems to be corrupt or something. (I cant delete any remaining files and when I try to open folders, it says something along the lines of content not found.) If I can get the issue resolved, I'll have a better look, but until then, maybe someone else will chime in.

Edit: Got the folders deleted. We'll see if FSX:SE wants to install now..

-CB
 
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MANOCHVARMA RAMAN

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christopherbritton said:
If I could get FSX:SE to reinstall, I would troubleshoot the issue for you some more, but my Steam folder seems to be corrupt or something. (I cant delete any remaining files and when I try to open folders, it says something along the lines of content not found.) If I can get the issue resolved, I'll have a better look, but until then, maybe someone else will chime in.

Edit: Got the folders deleted. We'll see if FSX:SE wants to install now..

-CB
Click to expand...

Do you use steam desktop app? If yes, you can delete and reinstall back with it.
 
Rotornut44

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I guess I closed my browser without posting my message the other day. Anyways.. I did get it reinstalled. Had to go into safe mode to delete the stubborn leftover directories. Shoot your files over to me and I'll take a look.
 
MANOCHVARMA RAMAN

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Today i found another issue with the shadow problem in FSX.

Actually the shadow does appear but only when it is far from the model (See images below). I am not sure why it is happening so.

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Shadow disappearing when going nearer:

Screenshot (108).png


Shadow Disappeared:

Screenshot (109).png


Screenshot (110).png

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Dutcheeseblend

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I recommend to post this problem in another sub-forum here, since it's probably not Blender-related but FSX-related. Not all scenery guys pass by here ;)
 
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