Tank Shadows with new lighting engine - can you add them?

[tedbell 0]

I was wondering if the vehicles, especially large ones such as tanks and trucks, would have cast shadows added? It seems that there is a lack of light blockage happening underneath the vehicles. The issue is very evident in this shot from the new Arma3 dev shots:

http://www.bistudio.com/images/stories/arma3/screenshots/Arma3_screenshot_1202_26.jpg

Perhaps they have just not been implemented yet, but vehicle shadows in the screenshot above - especially underneath the carriage - would really enhance the weight and mass of those type of objects. Just think of some nice deep shadows coupled with the newly implemented physcis! WOW!

http://images.paraorkut.com/img/wallpapers/1280x1024/m/m1a1_abrams_tank_shooting_-732.jpg

Arma3 is looking hot! Please add some of these vehicle shadows, I believe it will really sell the mass of all of the vehicles, especially the tanks!

Edited February 26, 2012 by Max Power
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[max power 21]

I think that the reason you don't see shadows is that screen looks like it was taken with some zoom in it and those tanks are probably beyond the range the engine draws shadows.

[paecmaker 23]

Or they are still working on it(or at the time those pictures where taken, we dont know how old they actually are)

edit: looking at a tank in Arma 2 it seems to have shadows, so I dont think they would do it bader than A2

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Edited February 26, 2012 by paecmaker

[max power 21]

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[-=seany=- 5]

Yeah, I don't think you can see the shadow because it has the classic, OFP BIS long shadows and time of day that they seem to like so much :D

[tedbell 0]

Sorry! Thanks for changing them...

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Yeah, I don't think you can see the shadow because it has the classic, OFP BIS long shadows and time of day that they seem to like so much :D

I love the long shadows, too, but these are just missing. paecmaker's image gives an example of Arma2 shadows which look nice, so I am betting that they just haven't been added or turned on for those shots.