Ares_Designs opened this issue on Feb 15, 2007 · 10 posts
Ares_Designs posted Thu, 15 February 2007 at 11:01 AM
I am at wits end. I spent two days trying to figure out how to get each figure in a scene to cast its own shadow on to either the ground or area around it. I went thru step by step using the D|S pdf guide. Changed lighting, each thing that was mentioned in the guide that had to do with shadows.
But no luck. I could not even get a single shadow from a lone figure.
Need help as the shadows are need to make the scene look realistic
JenX posted Thu, 15 February 2007 at 11:10 AM
3 Questions:
Are you rendering in 3Delight or in Open GL (Shadows won't render in Open GL)
Do you have shadows turned on for your lights?
Are the lights pointed at a downward angle toward your figures?
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Ares_Designs posted Thu, 15 February 2007 at 11:17 AM
Using 3delight
yes
yes. I even moved them around but started with overhead lights.
JenX posted Thu, 15 February 2007 at 11:29 AM
Hmm...that's odd.
Can you replicate the fault with premade lights? (they're easy to delete once they're in your scene, just edit-delete) I have some in my freestuff that use both raytraced and deep mapped shadows...you can try to see if they'll render for you. (they should. All lights have shadows turned on) Beyond that...do you have a screenshot of your lighting settings?
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Ares_Designs posted Thu, 15 February 2007 at 11:32 AM
Let me try your light products and see what happens
JenX posted Thu, 15 February 2007 at 11:37 AM
Ok. Let me know how it goes, and if you need help, holler ;)
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Ares_Designs posted Thu, 15 February 2007 at 5:41 PM
Well it is not the lights or even D|S . Turns out that my GC is on the way to the trash bin . I needed a new one anyway . I may go for a Nvidia 7 or 8 series
JenX posted Thu, 15 February 2007 at 5:56 PM
While I'm glad you've figured it out, but it sucks that it's gonna cost you money :(
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maclean posted Sat, 17 February 2007 at 2:26 PM
Attached Link: http://digilander.libero.it/maclean/DStutorial.htm
Try my tutorial for DS cameras and lights.
Ares_Designs posted Mon, 19 February 2007 at 6:16 PM
Nice Tut
Bookmarked it