[http://sourceforge.net/p/ufoai/bugs/2883 Item 2883] imported from sourceforge.net tracker on 2013-01-28 19:50:51

Soldiers, civilians & aliens are missing their drop-shadows, which have been disabled.
If we cannot get stencil- or volumetric shadows for models to run we should re-enable the old-school drop-shadows for 2.4.
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====== tlh2000 (2011-07-02 14:39:17) ======

fixed in 6889b3100c0587f15e56995575787d67dba0419c
====== mcr2010 (2011-07-05 08:58:42) ======

The dropshadows are still missing in latest master version.
Reopened the ticket.
====== tlh2000 (2011-07-05 09:31:35) ======

attach a screenshot please - what is your shadow cvar value?
====== mcr2010 (2011-07-05 09:42:37) ======

r_shadows "1"
r_stencilshadows "0"
====== mcr2010 (2011-07-05 09:43:41) ======

no dropshadows
====== mcr2010 (2011-07-05 10:33:24) ======

After setting r_stencilshadows to "1" the dropshadows reappeared :)
Disabling the stencilshadows - everything's fixed again :)

Sorry for the false alert, but you saw the screenie ;)
====== mcr2010 (2011-07-05 12:12:54) ======

You have to set r_shadows to "0" to make dropshadows appear in-game now.
With r_shadows set to "1" dropshadows disappear !
That was/is the problem.

We can change the graphic options to correct it, but I think it should be corrected in the code.
====== tlh2000 (2011-07-05 19:37:11) ======

there is an option for r_shadows in the video options? then this should be removed.

r_shadows is for stencil shadows - and these should not yet be available via video options.
====== tlh2000 (2011-07-05 19:38:21) ======

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====== mcr2010 (2011-07-06 16:20:57) ======

I did not change anything in the video options for a looong time.
IIRC r_shadows always was reserved for dropshadows only.
Isn't r_stencilshadows the cvar for stencilshadows ?
====== tlh2000 (2011-07-06 16:30:53) ======

you are right - it's fixed in 5b89cbb9b231e60de6cb5d1bb96cfa0bc002da57
====== mcr2010 (2011-07-06 17:10:15) ======

So maybe we should reactivate the dropshadow video option also ?
And setting r_shadows to "1" will reactivate dropshadows or is it still "0" to have them activated ?
====== tlh2000 (2011-07-06 17:22:47) ======

no, as 0 or 1 isn't valid here - it's an alpha value from 0.0 - 1.0 - 0.0 means no shadows. but this should not be configurable - at least i don't see the point in having this as an option.
====== mcr2010 (2011-07-06 17:27:26) ======

So maybe we should reactivate the dropshadow video option also ?
And setting r_shadows to "1" will reactivate dropshadows or is it still "0" to have them activated ?
====== mcr2010 (2011-07-06 17:31:22) ======

Before
5b89cbb9b231e60de6cb5d1bb96cfa0bc002da57
you had to set r_shadows to "0" to activate dropshadows

I will test latest master & report my actual findings...

Sorry for the doublepost (19:27:26)
====== mcr2010 (2011-07-06 17:34:31) ======

I thought we wanted options to support slow computers and deactivation of dropshadows for weak machines is one of them, that is the point of having this option in the menu.
====== tlh2000 (2011-07-07 05:34:58) ======

this is not needed for this feature - as it would not speed up rendering in any way.
====== mcr2010 (2011-07-07 11:05:13) ======

you still have to set r_shadows to "0" and r_stencilshadows to "0" to make dropshadows reappear.
====== mcr2010 (2011-10-19 10:06:17) ======

Dropshadows are back. Setting to pending.
====== aduke1 (2012-09-23 22:21:42.818000) ======

- **status**: pending --> closed