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Any chance for indoor shadows?

Discussion in 'Release 11 Feedback' started by Lord_Darkmoon, Oct 26, 2014.

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  1. Lord_Darkmoon

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    I still think that it is really odd that indoors and in dungeons, objects don't cast shadows. Especially in dungeons this would add a lot to the atmosphere.

    I can understand that this can be a huge hit to the performance. I was in the basement of a house and the fps dropped drastically. I guess it would be even worse with shadows. Yet I think it is very odd to not have shadows indoors... It just looks... not right... Maybe it could be optional to enable indoor shadows?

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    Lord_Darkmoon, Oct 26, 2014
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    God idea, I agree :)
     
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    Yes, optional indoor shadows is a great idea.
     
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    Even better would be shadows that dance and dim with the flickering of the fire...
     
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    Seeing the quantity of light sources on the pictures, it is totally understandable why they are not allowing shadowing a house.

    Options, IMO:
    • Allow all light sources to allways cast shadows on basements, they are instanced. Maybe restrict them with a higher max number than the public instances.
    • On public instances we could be able to set what light sources will cast shadows with a max numbers of them (on the house menu, an option to "click what your shadow casting light sources will be, max 10").
    • Optionally/additionally, we could be able to set house lightsource shadowing On/off on options menu (off default). A client side option, obviously.
     
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