Shadows while using the lowest render quality.

[MR4Y]

Title says pretty much anything. I have more performance with the game on 'fastest' render quality, even allowing me to use full res textures, but there are no shadows, unless I set render quality to 'good'. Unfortunately, setting it to 'good' doesn't allow me to use full res textures.

Is there a way to have shadows on the lowest render settings? Before you say "You should have better hardware, etc. ,etc." keep in mind that shadows are essentials for landing on planets, seeing as KSP doesn't have a radar altimeter(that measures the distance of the aircraft from the ground), except when you're on IVA mode.

Edited June 12, 2013 by MR4Y

[Scarecrow88]

I pretty much posed the same question for running KSP on a crappy laptop I have, and after spending a few hours tweaking all the graphics variables I found the only way I could retain shadows was by having the render quality set to good or better. Basically means that the game is unplayable on my laptop due to lag, and all I use it for now is vehicle design.

[MR4Y]

I pretty much posed the same question for running KSP on a crappy laptop I have, and after spending a few hours tweaking all the graphics variables I found the only way I could retain shadows was by having the render quality set to good or better. Basically means that the game is unplayable on my laptop due to lag, and all I use it for now is vehicle design.

Well, I was able to have shadows with the render set to 'simple'. It seems that it's the lowest it can go. 'faster' and 'fastest' don't show any shadows.