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Terrain does not cast shadow on anything.
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Description

Terrain simply does not cast a shadow on any object. This becomes a problem when the sun or moon sets or rises making rocks, players, and common objects pop out when they should be shadowed by a hill that is blocking light. {F19515}

Details

Legacy ID
1472836493
Severity
None
Resolution
Duplicate
Reproducibility
Always
Category
Engine
Steps To Reproduce

Jump into editor, set the time early or late in the day and jump in game.
Find and travel to the top of a hill with the sun directly behind you
(adjust time if needed)
Notice your player's shadow is floating where the terrain shadow should be.

Additional Information

Tested in both Arma 3 Alpha and Arma 3 Alpha Dev build.

Event Timeline

Thumtac edited Steps To Reproduce. (Show Details)May 18 2013, 5:08 AM
Thumtac edited Additional Information. (Show Details)
Thumtac set Category to Engine.
Thumtac set Reproducibility to Always.
Thumtac set Severity to None.
Thumtac set Resolution to Duplicate.
Thumtac set Legacy ID to 1472836493.May 7 2016, 2:09 PM
k0rd added a subscriber: k0rd.May 7 2016, 2:09 PM
k0rd added a comment.May 18 2013, 8:47 AM

my buddy opened fire on his shadow the other day, ended up getting us killed :)

ceeeb added a subscriber: ceeeb.May 7 2016, 2:09 PM
ceeeb added a comment.May 18 2013, 9:22 AM

Duplicate of #313

MadDogX added a subscriber: MadDogX.May 7 2016, 2:09 PM

More a dupe of #2477 than #313, but a dupe nonetheless.