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fallingb

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Posted: 11th Sep 2007 02:48

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Hi all...

Just a quick couple of questions regarding Lights and Shadows within DarkGDK...

1. Only Light0 casts shadows within my code - is this correct? What if I require additional lights to cast shadows?

2. Even with Light0 being hidden (dbHideLight), the shadow is still cast based on that lights position. Is this also correct?

Basically, I trying to achieve a 'top-down' hallway with multiple candles/lights fixed to the walls, each casting a shadows. Having problems.

Any help would be greatly received! Thank you.

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jason p sage

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Posted: 11th Sep 2007 04:19

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Will "Burned in" textures work for you? I've tried using the shadow shader and they say you can edit the shader to get different results - but I tried it and gave up. Perhaps I'm weak - but the bigger drawback (than the strange shadows) was the STRAIN it caused to my framerates. I chopped that out real quick as framerates dove.

Baked in textures would probably be your best bet. That's how they got the look they did in the DarkGDK samples download - the program called "World" (Its a small "level" consisting of a few closely knit buildings you can walk in and around (and fly))

I write in code (sometimes)!=(always)