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Wierd Shadow

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OK, this is just wierd. I placed a rotating beacon on top of the KPWA tower with a simple .xml file:

Code: 
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
<FSData version="9.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="bglcomp.xsd">
	<SceneryObject 
	lat="35.5307892818808"
	lon="-97.6427034582982"
	alt="16.60"
	pitch="0"
	bank="0"
	heading="0"
	altitudeIsAgl="TRUE"
	imageComplexity="NORMAL">
		<Beacon type="CIVILIAN" baseType="AIRPORT" />
	</SceneryObject>
</FSData>

With "Scenery casts shadows on the ground checked, the Beacon casts a 2d image of itself on the ground rather than just a shadow.See the picture below.

I'm confused. Anyone know a fix?

Jim
 

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I believe there is an XML tag for forcing no shadows on an object- Try this for the beacon
(im guessing no one will notice that the shadow of the building doesnt include the beacon)
 
Thanks for that Timmo but no. If this is a known SP-2 problem I'll just animate my own and check the volume shadow. If it's not a known SP-2 problem, it should have a codeable fix to make it act the way it should.

Jim
 
Hi Jim,

I have never seen this before. Guess I should try to see if I can reproduce this.
 
jdhaenens said:
With "Scenery casts shadows on the ground checked, the Beacon casts a 2d image of itself on the ground rather than just a shadow.See the picture below.

I'm confused. Anyone know a fix?

Jim
Click to expand...

I've never seen this before either. I added a rotating beacon to one of my towers and I didn't see this.

Did you try rebooting the machine and reloading to repeat this?

Have you seen other visual anomalies in your sim?
 
No other anomalies that I can see. Everything else...all 85 custom objects cast their shadows properly. Just the attachable library object sitting on top of the custom object.

Jim
 
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