FSX Stock birds problem ?

[dbur]

Hi all,
I've put an animation of birds with the 'crowd birds x10' object in my next LFQC scenery.
The problem is that a black shadow rectangle appears on the ground approximately where the 3D object origin is. Setting the 3D object origin under the ground doesn't fix the issue.
Anyone encountered this before ? And is there a way to get rid of this shadow ?

 

[GHD]

Use the "<NoShadow>" element.

 

[dbur]

Hi george,
Call me thick but what's the 'no shadow' element ?
I don't have such a checkbox when I edit the object in ADE, and I tried to edit the XML file, is 'noshadow' a XML tag ?
Below in the code snippet for this object:

<SceneryObject
      lat="48.592521195929"
      lon="6.55016617453281"
      alt="0.0M"
      altitudeIsAgl="TRUE"
      pitch="0"
      bank="0"
      heading="1.79259818126309"
      imageComplexity="NORMAL">
      <LibraryObject
         name="{7fb69e86-837b-48f0-947c-e8063ec3beda}"
         scale="1.00"
         />

 

[GHD]

See the SDK:

The following elements can be added to a SceneryObject, but contain no additional attributes or elements, so are entered into the XML, for example, as <NoAutogenSuppresion/>.


Element Description 

NoAutogenSuppression  Do not suppress Autogen created objects that might be on the same terrain as the scenery object. 
NoCrash               Aircraft do not crash if they hit this object. 
NoFog                 Fog does not affect the object at render time (useful for the virtual EFIS objects that draw in the sky). 
NoShadow              Objects do not create a shadow. 
NoZWrite              Allows an object to draw into the scene but not write to the ZBuffer. Note that there is no control over the draw order. 
NoZTest               Allows an object to draw into the scene without testing against the ZBuffer. This causes objects to draw on top of others. Note that there is no control over the draw order.

Note. If more than one is present, they must be in the order shown above.

So, your code should be:

<SceneryObject
      lat="48.592521195929"
      lon="6.55016617453281"
      alt="0.0M"
      altitudeIsAgl="TRUE"
      pitch="0"
      bank="0"
      heading="1.79259818126309"
      imageComplexity="NORMAL"
      <NoShadow/>
      >
      <LibraryObject
         name="{7fb69e86-837b-48f0-947c-e8063ec3beda}"
         scale="1.00"
         />

Unfortunately ADE does not allow these options.

 

[dbur]

Cool ! Problem solved.
My error was to put NoShadow="1" in the object code

 

[GHD]

Glad you're sorted

 

[dbur]

Thanks, hope you'll enjoy my scenery