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cypher
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How do you achive realtime shadows?

http://www.darkbasicpro.com/gallery_view.php?galleryid=6&p=0&catid=

the above link shows a ring with a shadow in the DBP gallery. How is this done?

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adr
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set shadow shading on

(All you have to do is type "shadow" in the IDE help and it's the first result!)
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David T
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Set shadow shading on ObjNum

See the Basic3D showcase for more info.

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Argh you beat me by... less than a minute!

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cypher
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thanx for the info

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So why does this code produce nothing? Can someone please give a working example of how to make a cube project a shadow onto a flat plane?


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The Real-time shadows command in DBP is hardware dependant, basically that means you need to have a graphics card that supports it for work. Hence it won't show up on everyone's computer, in addition to the fact that it's CPU intensive, it's not always the best command to use.

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Shadows are devils to use. Sometimes they work, sometimes they don't.

Have a look at the basic3D showcase example to see if you pc supports shadows.

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I'm not sure, because I've never used the shadow commands, but I think that all objects involved have to have shadows turned on. That means you'll need to turn on shadows for object 2 as well as 1.

Perhaps also plains don't work very well - if the above doesn't work, try using two cubes.

Hope one of these helps!

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Quote: "I'm not sure, because I've never used the shadow commands, but I think that all objects involved have to have shadows turned on. That means you'll need to turn on shadows for object 2 as well as 1.

Perhaps also plains don't work very well - if the above doesn't work, try using two cubes.

Hope one of these helps!"


No, You only have to have the casting object using shadows. When I've had a game and switched on shadows, is works, when I build a game specifically for shadows it won't work! Luck, eh?

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Remove "pitch object up 2,90" and You will see shadows

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