[0.16.51] Train preview only shows some shadows

SuperSandro2000 · Post by **SuperSandro2000** » Sat Jun 30, 2018 9:08 am

How it looks in real:

How the train preview shows it:
Missing shadows for radars and robotport, probably some more.

Post by **Rseding91** » Sat Jun 30, 2018 1:31 pm

Thanks for the report.

I can't remember if this was intentional or not.

TruePikachu · Post by **TruePikachu** » Sat Jun 30, 2018 5:08 pm

It should theoretically be consistent, and either show all or nothing.

Post by **Rseding91** » Sat Jun 30, 2018 5:31 pm

TruePikachu wrote:It should theoretically be consistent, and either show all or nothing.

Most shadows are baked into sprites so if the intention was to not show shadows it's not possible to *not* show shadows currently.

TruePikachu · Post by **TruePikachu** » Sat Jun 30, 2018 6:43 pm

In that case, my vote would be to leave things how they currently are, since it means less is being rendered in the viewport.

SuperSandro2000 · Post by **SuperSandro2000** » Wed Jul 04, 2018 7:37 am

As far as I can tell all animated shadows of some sort do not render.

Post by **Rseding91** » Tue Jul 31, 2018 4:14 am

Ok, I changed it for 0.17 so it will render shadows as well. It's not a perfect copy of how normal shadows are done but it's close enough.

QGamer · Post by **QGamer** » Tue Jul 31, 2018 7:53 pm

Why would the shadows in the train preview be any different from other shadows?

SuperSandro2000 · Post by **SuperSandro2000** » Fri Aug 10, 2018 6:32 am

QGamer wrote:Why would the shadows in the train preview be any different from other shadows?

I would guess it using a custom renderer that didn't implement this.

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