I tried to use Z-pass stencil shadows, but... dam, what happened with my FPS. This i need only for a shadow of a player, not for other entites. I tried to use cast flag to eliminate shadows on the other models, but i not got anything with this. My frame rate is still low. How stencil shadows work? Whether dis the A7 is really so weak engine for this?
If there's a any trick? I repeat, everything what i need is that player shadow falls on the other models.
If this is not possible i do not know why A7, in general has that option if we can not use it in practice. I only know that my PC is not a problem.

the player needs to be a closed mesh, otherwise you will have problems like low FPS and shadow errors

I tried with closed mesh, but the same result.
What i missed?? Does it matter how long the shadow falls?
On what else i need to pay attention?

maybe the number of polys of the model

i think no, player have about 2000 vertices

have you tried with another model to see if fps drops?

yes i try everything... Is there a some demo or video in which we can see how stancil shadow works? Does anyone use stencil shadows, when I search the forum I see that others have the same problem? The only thing that is the point, i need this only for my main player not for whole level.

What version and edition of A7 do you use?

Jibb

commercial 7.86 + last patch, why you ask? ... did maybe i need pro to get better result???
my PC is athlon 5200+ 2gb ram, and Nvidia9600

A7/A8 supports "accelerated" stencil shadows. In A7 you need Pro, or with A8 it appears they'll be accelerated in any edition.

Jibb