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# 1 06-11-2003 , 01:16 PM

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hi,
i seem to have an ought problem... or is it just 'cause i'm a damn noob! Whatever I do I can't render any shadow... it doesn't matter how many light I use, maya just doesn't render my shadow.. I searched on the forums here, but none of you seem to have the same problem. I know it has to be deadeasy, 'cause I haven't had any problems with that before.. please help me user added image

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# 2 06-11-2003 , 01:55 PM

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have you turned on "cat shadows"? you have to explicity tell your lights to cast shadows. It's under the shadows section of the light's attributes.

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# 3 06-11-2003 , 02:09 PM

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the shadow. the shadow!! it's the most beautiful thing I've ever seen!
thanx dude

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# 4 06-11-2003 , 02:15 PM

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hahaha that was funny. no disrespect intended, but it was like someone just saw a large pile of gold.

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