BillWiskins Posted July 24, 2012 Share Posted July 24, 2012 Good morning ladies and gentlemen.I am pleased to report that I\'m having a splendid time pratting about with KSP 0.16. What a marvelous thing it is, for certain.However I am experiencing an issue, in that I no longer seem to be able to cast shadows. Now, I am using KSP on a newer and better laptop machine now, and I switched just before the update was released. I have changed nothing in the settings except the resolution - it now runs in 1280x600, in order to provide me with the feeling of luxury associated with widescreen entertainment. I considered posting it as a bug, but I have seen other folks posting screenshots and they all seem to be enjoying lovely shadows (as I was, long ago). The only shadows that are absent are those cast by the vehicles and the kerbals - the scenery still shades itself nicely and all of that. Any ideas?My profuse thanks for any clues you may be able to provide. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sky Visitor Posted July 24, 2012 Share Posted July 24, 2012 Are you landing on the dark side of the Mun? If you are you won\'t have a shadow because there is nothing casting light from behind your spacecraft.If that is not the case, then the only variable is the resolution. Switch to a lower resolution and report back? You never know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baleur Posted July 24, 2012 Share Posted July 24, 2012 Are you landing on the dark side of the Mun? If you are you won\'t have a shadow because there is nothing casting light from behind your spacecraft.If that is not the case, then the only variable is the resolution. Switch to a lower resolution and report back? You never know.That\'s just insulting his intelligence, frankly.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillWiskins Posted July 24, 2012 Author Share Posted July 24, 2012 That\'s just insulting his intelligence, frankly..Ah, no offence was taken my good man. I have certainly landed on the dark side of the Mun unintentionally in the past, but I can assure you that on each occasion I was able to deduce the cause of all the darkness through wit and cunning. This is not, however, the cause of my absent shadows. I have now tested many times on each of the celestial bodies that we are blessed with, and not a bit of light was prevented from reaching its destination by any of my machines or men. I am starting to worry that I might have become some kind of virtual mythological creature.I did also reset the resolution to the default as you suggested, Mr Visitor. No effect.Also tried: removing the quicksave and persistent files to give myself a fresh scene. I am somewhat stumped... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Endeavour Posted July 24, 2012 Share Posted July 24, 2012 I\'ve noticed in my landings that you need to be within a certain distance of the vehicle to see the shadows. Could that be a part of it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silent_prtoagonist Posted July 24, 2012 Share Posted July 24, 2012 I noticed this too on my first (and so-far only) Mun landing in 0.16, it made the landing quite difficult since I usually rely on my lander\'s shadow to judge altitude in the last few meters... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adams Posted July 24, 2012 Share Posted July 24, 2012 Strange. Bill, can you see yourself in a mirror? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillWiskins Posted July 24, 2012 Author Share Posted July 24, 2012 I noticed this too on my first (and so-far only) Mun landing in 0.16, it made the landing quite difficult since I usually rely on my lander\'s shadow to judge altitude in the last few meters...Precisely! In all honesty, if it weren\'t for landings upon the Mun and the other thing, I\'d probably not have noticed yet. It does considerably increase the difficulty of a perfect touchdown. I have found that the engines do cast additional light upon the surface, though, so that gives some warning. Maybe as much as two to three meters!I\'ve noticed in my landings that you need to be within a certain distance of the vehicle to see the shadows. Could that be a part of it?I fear not. No amount of crazed zooming will tempt those silly shadows from wherever they hide. Also tried: running around parked landers with Aldly Kerman to see if a different perspective helps. It doesn\'t. Also also tried: looking the other way and then turning Aldly around really quickly, just in case the shadows were playing tricks. Seems not.Strange. Bill, can you see yourself in a mirror?Now that you mention it, I am facing the bathroom mirror right now and I can see no reflection at all. Then again, there are two walls between myself and it, so let\'s not get too excited. In game, though, I have not found any stock mirrors. Perhaps there is a mod? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UmbralRaptor Posted July 24, 2012 Share Posted July 24, 2012 There was a bug in 0.15, where the shadow settings would go wrong. Is this it perchance?Okay, here the solution for Windows (I don\'t know what stands for 'registry' on Mac).Launch Registry Editor (WinXP: Start->Run...->regedit), and locate HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Software/Squad/Kerbal Space Program folder. Edit UnityGraphicsQuality_blah-blah-blah key ('blah-blah-blah' being something incomprehensible) and change its value to 3.Hope developers will tweak default player settings in the next patch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eatMagnetic Posted July 24, 2012 Share Posted July 24, 2012 My first post, oh well.Thanks UmbralRaptor! This fixed it for me, I really had no shadows at all, and I wasn\'t sure what caused it! I\'ve seen many YouTube videos with them neat shadows and finally the game looks really good! Very happy, might take a 'fast' trip to the moon to fully enjoy the returned shadows 8) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silent_prtoagonist Posted July 24, 2012 Share Posted July 24, 2012 Yep, that fixed it for me, too. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillWiskins Posted July 24, 2012 Author Share Posted July 24, 2012 There was a bug in 0.15, where the shadow settings would go wrong. Is this it perchance?That would be the one. Many sincere thanking-yous, sir! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghery88 Posted July 25, 2012 Share Posted July 25, 2012 Thank you! I really missed my shadow while Jeb was preforming my first Mun landing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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