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airplane shadow on ground

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Hello: When I have 2d cockpit turned off, and virtual cockpit off, (so nothing but a scenery view on screen) I do not see any shadow of my aircraft on the ground while flying. If I turn on either one, I get a shadow. Is this normal, or do I have something set wrong?

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-stampee

 

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When youre using an external view, the exterior model is used to create the cast shadow. When you're in the cockpit, the shadow cast is based on the interior aircraft model. Modelers usually include a 'shadow mask' with the interior model so that a nice shadows can be seen on the ground from the cockpit. I presume that with the view you're using, neither model is active and no shadow is cast. So I would say you're doing nothing wrong per say and it's a limitation (albeit, intended operation) of the sim.

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Thank you for the prompt reply. I can understand what is going on now. I guess I will just live with this as is.

-Stampee

 

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