Shadows - have you noticed?

[WindyGamer]

I'm near the Aetherite in Idyllshire.
Watching the shadow of the building move, but the shadows of the pillars are stationary.

Odd

[BlisteringFrost]

Yep. Sounds like how light works.

[Tulvi]

It’s because Hydaelyn is flat. A secret well guarded by the NASA (Neo-Ascian Sphare Abolitionists). Stars are a holographic lie maintained by Loporrits. In reality, we live on Hildibrand‘s mom’s frying pan with Balmung Quicksand as the central point generating gravity and heat. Wuk Lamat’s love and happiness forms the edges, keeping it all together. The handle of the frying pan is what those pillars represent - a pathway to other games in times of burnout and content drought.

[Larirawiel]

That's how pre-calculated shadow maps work. It is easy to compute but it is also very inaccurate. The opposite of it are raytraced shadows. Very expensive but also very exact.



Cheers

[CaptainLagbeard]

I'm pretty sure characters shadows also don't move with the sun.

[Valence]

The shadows of the pillars move with the sun on my end though?

[Kakurady]

The shadows of pillars move at the same angular speed as the buildings, but the buildings are taller, thus the shadows are longer and their linear speed is faster.