Change how voxel aircraft shadows decide when to "tilt"
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Description
Since we have voxel actor tilting on slopes, shadows have been trying to match them. This also holds true for aircraft, which don't tilt on slopes, but their shadows try to.
The problem is shadows don't fall directly downwards and there are visible issues even with the slight offset in TS. Mods with a bigger offset would likely look worse.
Shadows should be "tilting" based on their own position on the ground rather than the aircraft's projected position.
The gif above also shows slopes have a negative impact on the shadow offset.
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Research direction
No file, test, or entry point is named; begin by locating the voxel actor shadow-tilting logic and reproducing the aircraft cases shown in the attached images. The work is done when aircraft shadows decide their tilt from their own ground position, fall directly downward as intended, and no longer gain a slope-related offset.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- csharp
- Domain
- computer-graphics, game-dev
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
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- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 42/100