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Missing Shadows

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Ralf Hürst

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Hi Don,

after SAMM2 now basically works with me, I have a question:

I miss the shadow of the static models. While you write in a pinned thread something about a parameter static_cg_height in the aircraft.cfg and a negative bias in the XML, but I do not understand it properly. What should I do to get a shadow?

I create with SAMM2 a BGL, which I then use with ADEX to place the model. Goes well but just without shadows.

Ralf
 
There are 5 shadow option on the main panel. Shadows are discussed in the middle of page 5 of the user manual. If you are using the default setting, then there must be a shadow generated by the .mdl file. Otherwise, you've got to "tell" SAMM how to generate the shadow.

If you are using P3D, make sure you have the correct P3D shadow options selected. As well, if you park the model on a ground poly, P3D has difficulty with shadows on ground polys below Layer 16 and above Layer v37. DO you get shadows in FSX or FS9?

Don
 
Hi Don,

I put my static model ( P3Dv2 default King Air 350) on CYYJ ORBX PNW . There are several static models and all have a shadow ( except my own static model).
As shadow option I had "Default " selected .
As BGL type "P3Dv2" .

If I try shadow type "Custom" (no matter which LOD) I get the message:

Error:
Index what out of range. Must be non-negative and less than the size of collection.
Parameter name : index

When I try to create an FSX BGL, I get the message:
Internal Compiler Error : # C1003 : Failed to create MSXML object !
(0x8004154 )
Parsing Document: D:\Static Aircraft\Libraries\FSX King Air\FSX King Air xml

Internal Compiler Error : # C2430 : Unrecoverable error parsing XML!
Internal Compiler Error : # C2006 : Parse failed ( 0x80004005 )
Internal Compiler Error : # C2003 : Failed to process file: D \ Static Aircraft \ Libraries \ FSX King Air \ FSX King Air xml

As Sim version I have only P3Dv2.
In summary :
P3Dv2 static model with default Shadow == > OK but NO shadow
P3Dv2 static model with custom shadow == > Error : Index was out .......
FSX static model with default shadow == > no BGL creation possible (Compiler Error)
FSX static model with custom shadow == > no BGL creation possible (Compiler Error)

Ralf
 
Index what out of range.
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Everything you did after this is suspect. It shouldn't have happened - and in future releases won't.

Had SAMM not thrown an exception, it would have asked you for a model file for the shadow, which I doubt you have created. So "Custom" isn't useful to you anyway. Given the shadow issues in P3Dv2, it's not clear where the problem lies (without me experimenting - which I won't have time to do for a day or so.) That's why I asked you if the model displayed a shadow in FSX. If it doesn't, then I probably have some work to do. If it does, then you should seek an answer from Lockheed Martin.
 
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