Solution to the shadow template?

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Solution to the shadow template?

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Any suggestions for the shade is not projected in the inerior part of a SkyBox ?
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Re: Solution to the shadow template?

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The only chance to avoid this (without changing the engine code) is to make the skybox larger than the light's radius.
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QuestOfDreams wrote:The only chance to avoid this (without changing the engine code) is to make the skybox larger than the light's radius.
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Thank you very much .


Another question , how can I simulate sunlight source with lights cast shadows ?
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Vertex wrote:Another question , how can I simulate sunlight source with lights cast shadows?
There's only code for point lights and spotlights in the engine, so the best you can do to have a sunlight that casts stencil shadows is to put a point light far away from the player.
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QuestOfDreams wrote:
Vertex wrote:Another question , how can I simulate sunlight source with lights cast shadows?
There's only code for point lights and spotlights in the engine, so the best you can do to have a sunlight that casts stencil shadows is to put a point light far away from the player.
Thanks You.
I have done some experiments and the result is this.
I found a solution and create a Pawn is called Sun , which has engaged the spot light dynamic entity. This entity Sun follows the player .

The drawbacks that I have and that I think can ener solution is that the light has to be above the ceiling of infrastructure such as homes or as a dynamic light may be turned off when entering certain sectors.

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// File Script Sun.s
{
	
	Start[()
	{
		
		//Console(true);
		LowLevel("Sol");
	    SetNoCollision();
	}]
	
	Sol[()
	{
		PawnRender(false);
		PositionToPawn("Player",0,300,100,false,true); //  ;-)
		
	}]
	
	
}

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