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Fern

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Hi, All

I want to make a long harbour mooring platform with a landable surface, but one that shows the shadows of not only aircraft/helicopters but also cranes, warehouses, vehicles etc.

Does anyone know how to make objects show shadows of other objects?

(I know how to do it to show the shadow of a plane in close proximity, but I want it to show the shadows of all other objects, even if it doesn't cast any shadows of its own)

Thanks

Fern
 
its not really my area but some things to try while you wait for gurus ;)

Have you added the harden you your object yet? This will (i think?) add the shadow of the landing helo/plane (!?).

Otherwise, the only way I can see is to make all objects that you want to shadow each other (i.e. cranes, cars etc) included in the model of your pier and turn on manifold self shadowing.

There will be a considerable performance overheard with this id imagine.
 
The trick to shadows on freestanding platforms is that the buildings must sit at the exact altitude of the surface of the hardened platform. Heli's and planes sitting on the platform should show their shadows properly. There were some platform shadow problems before SP-1, but I haven't noticed any lately.

Jim
 
Which FS version Fern? With FS2004 this is not possible. With FSX you might be able to do something with the volumetric shadowing, although I am not even sure if that would really work in your case.
 
It worked for the seawall tarmac at KNIP the aircraft shadows were iffy but the building shadows were solid. That was FSX.

jim
 
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