http://www.machinimafordummies.com/articles/2008/06/19/shadows-in-second-life en-us 40 Blogging the writing of "Machinima For Dummies" <p>As many people may know, I&#8217;m not a huge fan of Second Life&#8217;s graphical capabilities, despite its advantages for Machinima creators. However, slowly, slowly its faults are getting fixed, and today another one has (sort of) fallen - shadows. </p> <p>Normally, nothing in Second Life casts shadows, making it look, well, kinda flat. But apparently, there&#8217;s a new <a href="http://nwn.blogs.com/nwn/2008/06/the-hidden-shad.html">ultra-experimental renderer</a> for Second Life which enables dynamic shadows. </p> <p>It might b0rk your PC, of course. But it might also help you get shadows into your SL films, which are stunningly important for mood. Hurrah! </p> Thu, 19 Jun 2008 18:35:11 +0100 urn:uuid:80f21285-396d-4ecb-b049-a51559347798 Hugh "Nomad" Hancock http://www.machinimafordummies.com/articles/2008/06/19/shadows-in-second-life News <p>There is a good side-by-side video example of this somewhere - the shadows are a performance killer and resulted in noticeable frame loss.</p> Thu, 19 Jun 2008 19:55:25 +0100 urn:uuid:9509417b-f4fc-4897-a8b5-3eacae1e8a68 http://www.machinimafordummies.com/articles/2008/06/19/shadows-in-second-life#comment-33687