If an entity is out of view but its shadow would realistically be cast into the view, is there a way to make this happen? Stencil shadows appear to only be cast by entities that are in the view.

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I see in the Beta Version update that decal shadows will replace z-buffer shadows. Will they be cast only on the floor like z-buffer shadows or also on model entities? Will they go through walls and model entities like stencil shadows?

If you want shadows to be cast by offscreen entities, a solution would be to increase their visual bounding box by placing dummy vertices in MED. If a part of the bounding box is inside the view frustum, the shadow will be cast.

Thanks, that works

As a side question on this, is the "visual" bounding box the same thing as the
collision bounding box (c_setminmax)?
If they are different, what keywords should I look for in the manual to help me read up on the Visual bound box?

The visual bounding box is NOT the same as the collision bounding box. The visual bounding box appears to be a box that encompasses the entire model regardless of what you set min_xyz and max_xyz to. If you use c_setminmax, I guess they would be the same size. When you toggle f11 (default.c), I believe it shows the collision bounding box, not the visual bounding box.