was there not another one...it basically used a loop to trace from each pixel in the second map(of a terrain or model)to the light source(ray trace)and if it hit an obstacle(trace>0)it drew a dark pixel and then blurred the entire skin...???anyone remember that??

Terrain_Shadowmapping

Yep, I guess that's the one...seems like the right method I was thinking...never used it, but thought it was a decent(even good)idea.

I tried re-writing this for lite-c, I got through all the warnings to no avail. It just did not work...I don't know if it has something to do with the material..

I basically made the following changes:

*where there was an array...
e.g. changed pixelcolor.x > pixelcolor[0].

* created a VECTOR named temp.// could've used a struct I guess.

*fixed some minor case sensitive items...
IGNORE_ME|IGNORE_SPRITES etc..

*used MATERIAL* name =//instead of material name...

*changed bmap > BMAP*...
....you get the idea

-anyway... The level runs, with skin1 visible and the old shadowmap(skin2)with no change to skin2. I don't know what I have done wrong.