Hi all. I'm in need of some advice about shadows in A7.
I've been through the tutorials-level design & lite-c programming and I'm ready to build a game.

When I build the level in the level design tutorial, level blocks with rock texture will cast shadows onto the bottom surface of the textured hollowed skybox which looks good.

Problem:
When I create a chunked terrain and use it as a ground surface with material (mtl_terraintex), the level blocks will not auto cast a shadow.

Request:
Please tell me ways to get a level block to cast a shadow onto a chunked terrain with material (mtl_terraintex) attached. Thanks.

The multi-textured terrain with mtl_terraintex:


The level block is not casting a shadow.

have you checked "terrain lighting" in map compiler settings?

yes.


Sun is set to: 200
Ambient is set to: 24

This is the A7 Pro Edition.

Problem solved:

After upgrading to the latest A7 version the problem disappeared completely. Now I can create multitexture terrains to my hearts content.
Game Studio is awesome.
Thanks for replying.

Can anyone please tell me how to create a decal shadow & have it move with a map entity?

I need to know how to attach a decal shadow to a moving map entity.
Game Studio version A7.
Thanks.

hi

// if you need unique decal shadow for the mapent:
// put it into mapent action:
set(me, SHADOW);
you = ent_create( "name_of_decal_shadow_image.dds", nullvector , NULL);
set( you , INVISIBLE | PASSABLE );
my.shadow = you;

// else if you need a general shadow
// put it among varialble declarations:
ENTITY* ent_shadow_rot =
{
type = "name_of_decal_shadow_image.dds";
}
// put it into mapent action:
set(me, SHADOW);
my.shadow = ent_shadow_rot;

It works well.
Thanks for the quick response.