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Posted: 12th Nov 2017 19:40
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Hello,

this is my first post in this forum. I've just started experimenting with GameGuru. So please excuse me, if this is a stupid question. At the moment I am playing with static light and the following problem has arisen: If I place a light in front of a lamp and then generate a lightmap, the lamp throws a shadow on the wall. Does anyone know a solution to this problem?

Here are some pictures of my problem:



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Posted: 12th Nov 2017 20:59
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This seems to be a dynamic shadow. Try turning them off by setting the "shadows" slider to 0.

If this is a static shadow you'll need to replace the lightmarker so this does not occur. The lightmapper views the lamp as an object as any other so you have to work with the placement to give the player the illusion that its does not cast a shadow.



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Posted: 12th Nov 2017 21:23 Edited at: 12th Nov 2017 21:26
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Open the entity .fpe and change to

castshadow = 0 or =1 pretty sure one of those settings turns shadow casting off.
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Posted: 12th Nov 2017 21:27
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Thank you for your fast answer. It's definitely a static light. I have now discovered that the shadow comes from the sun. Which is weird because it's in the building. And no matter which slide I turn, the shadow does not go away. The slider "shadow" removes all static shadows. And I do not want that. How can I turn off the sun completely?
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Posted: 13th Nov 2017 00:53
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Ah!

Yeah...

This will sound odd to you but you will have to block out the sun. Put a box or dome around your entire map. A model with thick walls will do.
The sun tends to shine through "thin" 3D models.



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Posted: 13th Nov 2017 01:20
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The next update will give us the ability to disable the sun i believe.

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Posted: 13th Nov 2017 04:34
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Top secret information I am about to share will get me killed
It is a very little known trick to do the following, castshadow = -1
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Posted: 13th Nov 2017 10:04
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Thanks guys for all the tips and tricks! And thank you for the warm welcome. I tried it with the box to block the sun. In the editor, I see how it casts a gigantic shadow and my room is completely enclosed in the box. It also has thick walls. But when I press F4 again in test mode, nothing has changed at all: objects still cast shadows from the sun. The tip of "wizard of id" actually helped. But that's not practical with all objects, because I want them to cast a shadow. Then obviously I have to wait for the update But thank you again, this is a great community!
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castshadow = -1


wait. What does this do ?
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Posted: 13th Nov 2017 14:07
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Quote: "castshadow = -1


wait. What does this do ?"


It doesn't cast a shadow whatsoever, dynamic, static or ambient
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Posted: 13th Nov 2017 14:37
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Quote: "wait. What does this do ?"


When placed in the objects FPE it disables the casting of shadows from that object.

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Posted: 13th Nov 2017 18:41
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Huh here I would just place the light, bake it, then place the lamp.
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Posted: 13th Nov 2017 21:56
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Duchenkuke has the solution to the problem: https://forum.game-guru.com/thread/218921
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