hi all,

i'm using the trial edition, not sure if this problem also occurs on the pro edition that i'll most likely buy in the next few days, however:

when using real-time shadows, they seem to work really well, except they act very strange when the player enters a shadow. they flicker about and it generally looks pretty bad. does this happen to anyone else?

it's a real shame if there's no workaround for this; to be honest it may not really be an engine issue, but a directx issue.

anyway i hope someone can help with this!


mani

This is normal, in every edition.

It´s a problem with the shadow-technology that the A6 use.
It will be solved in the next few updates.

cool, thanks for the info!

do you know if there is a rough estimate on when this will be fixed? i've turned the shadows off for the time being but the level looks so much cooler with them turned on...

Happy days! This problem may soon be fixed!
From the beta page!
var shadow_stencil = 2; // activate z-fail stencil shadows

wow - that's really cool! thanks for pointing this out...

i'd not consider a shadow system that causes a framerate drop from 225 to 30 "cool".

well i don't see a drop in framerate at all. is it worth looking into 3rd party shaders? i'm quite new to using 3dgs so it would be great to get some advice!