Also in bfme 2 they have put a veery ugly pixelated shadows, now I'll teach you how to change it.
1. How can I put shadows on my units and buildings?
1.a. If you're making a unit:
-In W3D Export settings, don't change anything.
- The mesh must not have a multimaterial.
-In the inis, look at geometry, there must be something like this:
Shadow = SHADOW_DECAL ShadowSizeX = 20 ShadowSizeY = 20 ShadowTexture = ShadowI
SHADOW_DECAL will draw a black circle on the ground in the medium and lower graphic settings. You can change its size and the texture if you want.(Look at ShadowSize and ShadowTexture).
If you've the highest graphic settings, it will draw a more realistic shadow (the super pixelated ones!).
If the mesh has got a multimaterial you won't see the shadow, take care of that.
1.b. If you're making buildings or big units(like mumakils)
-In W3D export settings you have to mark "Shadw"
- The mesh must not have a multimaterial.(again)
-In the inis, look at geometry, there must be something like this:
Shadow = SHADOW_VOLUME
SHADOW_VOLUME will render a realistic shadow in the medium or lower graphic settings. In the highest will draw the same, well, it will draw the damn pixelated shadows. Be careful with the multimaterials, don't use them.
2. I hate those pixelated shadows!!! How can I change it?
You can't smooth them, but you can increase the max number of squares in a shadow map(IN THE HIGHEST SETTINGS!!)
For that, go to environment.ini (in data/ini folder) and at the end of the file you'll see this:
; Setup information for shadow maps, overridable in map.ini ShadowMap MapSize = 1024 ; size of the shadow map texture. Default is 1024 MaxViewDistance = 1500.0 ; maximum distance from camera that shadows will be cast, in world units MinShadowedTerrainHeight = 0.0; miminum height that units/buildings that cast shadows can be on. ; Usually the mimimum height of the terrain (e.g 0), but sometimes action takes place only higher up, ; and no shadow caster needs to be down there. End
To increase the number of squares, change the value of the MapSize (for example, I put 4096)
Don't forget: It may cause lag.
You can change it with map.ini too. In some maps perhaps you won't see the difference because the creator changed the MapSize in map.ini.
That's how it looks:
And the same map without the "4096":
http://vnmedia.ign.c...me/58711312.jpg
Well, that's my first tutorial
If you don't understand anything tell me.
Edited by morgoth946, 08 July 2006 - 02:29 PM.
