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Gmax and self shadows

Rara Avis Sims

Rara Avis Sims

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Hi, Is there a way that you can get the self shadows into FSX using Gmax ? I know it can be done using 3Ds Max but for the life of me I can't find it in Gmax.

Craig
 
Two things to check...

When creating materials be sure to create FSX materials
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When exporting be sure the FSX materials option is checked
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You also have to tick the volume shadow down the bottom the window when you create your fsx material
 
Unfortunately that didn't work :( and I'm definitely running in DX10 mode, maybe they missed it out of the SDK for gmax ?

Craig
 
Hi,

It is for sure possible. You need to make sure that your object is manifold as well, else the volume shadows do not work.
 
Just for the sake of leaving no stone unturned...you do have the feature turned on in FSX?
It definitely works, that I know first-hand.:)
 
"Volume Shadow" doesn't have to be checked in order to have self-shadowing on the (exterior) model.

At least that's the case on my model...
 
Very strange, i have it turned on in the sim as i get external shadows, volume shadow doesnt make any difference to me anyways, maybe you need to manifold the objects for interior but you dont seem to for the external model.
 
I gave "Volume Shadows" a try and couldn't see any difference in shadowing. It just greatly increased the filesize of the model file and produced a few warnings upon compilation.
 
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