Quote Originally Posted by Platinumstorm View Post
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/18930059/shadow4.5.png
Total lack of shadows from tarps, but why?
I don't have time to log in right now to double check but in the screenshot it looks like the light source is underneath the tarps, therefore the shadows should not be on the ground. If you look at the tarps, they are shadowed on the material of the tarp itself, which is accurate when the light source is underneath the tarps.

I highly doubt whether they are using "objects" or "land" would make any difference whatsoever on shadows, considering the engine likely looks at light sources, and "stuff". I would say it's more likely that the engine is simply bugged or they are using some stupid method around shadows that clearly doesn't work. Shadow mapping is generally something that is applied to everything. At least to my knowledge as a design student (still learning a lot about 3D ).