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Shadow Underground

Hi, Dick and all

You are, of course, correct.

I placed my Uluru somewhere else, not too far from the proper site, just a metre above the ground and "Bingo", there was the shadow. I was all happy!

Therefore, indeed, AGL or MSL don't affect the shadow, the ground does.

Unfortunately, when I place my Uluru over the terrain hump, where it belongs, no matter how I adjust it (higher, lower) there is no shadow. I went up and down with the aircraft looking for a shadow in mid air, as I have seen in many objects among the Sim scenery downloads, and none was there either. I can get underneath it, too, where it was "dark" when I placed it elsewhere, and no darkness at all.

The terrain hump is doing something to that shadow. I had my Ulutu high enough above ground so that I could see a gap all the way around some 10 metres. I could clearly see the terrain hump in there, and no shadow...

Could it be that my Uluru is ever so slightly touching the terrain hump somewhere that I can't see and that makes the shadow disappear?

You seem to know how this shadow thing work, so perhaps you can give me some more ideas.

Thanks, Dick (and all)

Fern
 
Stubborn shadow

Hi, Dick and all

You are, of course, right. I placed located my Uluro somewhere else in the desert just a metre off the ground and the shadow was there.

However, when I place it covering the hump on the ground, same 1 metre off the ground, no shadow. I can even go inside and there is no shadow. In the other one floating above a flat piece of desert, it is dark inside.

So, it looks like the hump I made in the terrain is causing the trouble.

You seem to know a lot how this shadow thing works... So, do you think that with the terrain hump the shadow is definitely gone?

Thanks

Fern
 
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