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i understand that advanced terrain was dropped during devlopment, but it so easily/quickly creates the type of terrain i want to use. the problem is that my other objects do not cast shadows on the terrain (and, the fact the terrain doesn't cast a real shadow on itself via set terrain light). so, am i missing something obvious that will allow for shadows on the terrain? the make object terrain command implies it's atleast a pseudo-object, but standard object commands don't seem to work with it.

i'm wanting atleast a 5000x5000 (ground-)terrain, which 'advanced terrain' does handily for my project by scaling a 500x500 heightmap times 10 on the X & Z axis, and making objects traverse it's surface is easy, too, but with no shadows, i'm ready to scrap it. i'm thinking i'm using a flawed system here, so what's the best route to take as an alternative? scaling a 500x500 x-file and using a collision routine to keep the player/monsters on top?

Have you tried

yah, that's just affecting how the terrain 'looks'. it's usefull (but ugly/will require a lot of tweaking to render as semi-realistic shadowing in an ambient way) but doesn't allow for other objects to drop a shadow on the terrain (or a true shadow feel as it casts a shadow on itself).

thanks, tho.