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# 1 16-09-2005 , 12:08 AM
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Shadows on a pond

Hi guys, having a trouble getting shadows on a pond fuild container. Not sure why but I cant get any shadows, any help much appreciated

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# 2 16-09-2005 , 12:11 AM
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go to your light attribute and under shadow just check depth map shadow or raytrace shadow.raytrace is a lot better but i think you have to active the raytrace option in the render option to be able to see stg.

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# 3 16-09-2005 , 12:17 AM
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thanks mc-fleury that did the trick!

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