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Darker Shadow near object

3dOutlaw3dOutlaw Posts: 2,477
edited December 1969 in Daz Studio Discussion

In the picture, I have a "landing gear", but I suppose it can be any object, that is on a plane that is set to catch the shadow. I have UberEnv2 turned on around 35%, and I have a distant light acting as a sun...

The problem I was trying to identify, is that the shadow from the sun is not any darker nearer the object than further? Is there a setting for this?

(The white arrow is the direction of the light/shadow on the ground, and I would expect to see right behind the object it be darker, and get lighter gradually?)

I guess I am looking for a shadow dropoff, but its not included with the distantlight that I can see. Do I have to use a spot and fake it?

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Comments

  • Richard HaseltineRichard Haseltine Posts: 102,218
    edited December 1969

    Is uberEnvironment set to one of the Ambient Occlusion modes?

  • 3dOutlaw3dOutlaw Posts: 2,477
    edited December 1969

    Its set to "Occlusion w/ Directional shadows"

  • 3dOutlaw3dOutlaw Posts: 2,477
    edited December 1969

    OK, perhaps I figured it out. I was not using an image on my UE2 Environment, so there was no "direction" to any shadows. I am trying one now.

  • 3dOutlaw3dOutlaw Posts: 2,477
    edited December 1969

    Nope, that did not help. Here are my UE2 settings in case that sheds any light (no pun intended) on the issue.

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  • Richard HaseltineRichard Haseltine Posts: 102,218
    edited December 1969

    What happens if you remove the distant light?

  • 3dOutlaw3dOutlaw Posts: 2,477
    edited December 1969

    Thanks Richard, I am not sure what would happen, but I can give it a shot. It seems I would them have to find the appropriate HDR image for UE2, that replaces the lighting that a single sun/distant was giving me :(

  • Richard HaseltineRichard Haseltine Posts: 102,218
    edited December 1969

    Just as a test, to make sure that UE is working - I wasn't suggesting you render it like that for real.

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