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Player shadow on static object

by Guimo · in Torque Game Engine Advanced · 08/29/2007 (9:58 am) · 3 replies

Hi,
I have placed a platform (a static object) on the terrain but when the player stands on the platform no shadow is rendered. Does anybody knows how to solve this?
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Torque 3D Owner Guimo
#1
08/29/2007 (1:07 pm)
I found a thread which helped a lot. Easy to implement. Case closed... nothing to see here... move along...

Torque 3D Owner Morrie
#2
08/29/2007 (1:09 pm)
Can you post the link

Torque 3D Owner Guimo
#3
08/31/2007 (8:25 am)
First read:
http://tdn.garagegames.com/wiki/TorqueShaderEngine/LightingSystem/Dynamic_Shadows

I dont seem to find the resource to make an object cast shadows on static but the steps were:
a. In game/shadow.cpp change:
//U32 Shadow::smShadowMask = AtlasObjectType | TerrainObjectType | InteriorObjectType;

U32 Shadow::smShadowMask = AtlasObjectType | TerrainObjectType | InteriorObjectType | StaticShapeObjectType | StaticObjectType ;

a. In lightingSystem/sgObjectBasedProjector.cpp change:
//gClientContainer.findObjects((AtlasObjectType | TerrainObjectType | InteriorObjectType), sgShadowProjector::collisionCallback, this);

gClientContainer.findObjects((AtlasObjectType | TerrainObjectType | InteriorObjectType | StaticShapeObjectType | StaticObjectType ), sgShadowProjector::collisionCallback, this);

Please if you find the original thread give credit to the appropiate creator.

Luck!
Guimo