The simplest method is to place a textured sprite or quad directly below the character.
* Texture the shadow mesh using a texture like this ...
* Set the shadow mesh entityblend to multiply.
* Make the terrain pickable and each frame do a linepick straight down. Linepick entityx( character ) , entityy( character ) + 10 , entityz( character ) , 0, -20, 0
* Move the shadow mesh slight away from the terrain to avoid z fighting. positionentity shadowmesh, pickedx()+.1*pickednx(), pickedy()+.1*pickedny(), pickedz()+.1 * pickednx()
* Align the shadow mesh to the landscape contour. aligntovector shadowmesh, pickednx(), pickedny(), pickednz(), 2
That should work plenty fast for quite a few characters.
Stevie
* Texture the shadow mesh using a texture like this ...
* Set the shadow mesh entityblend to multiply.
* Make the terrain pickable and each frame do a linepick straight down. Linepick entityx( character ) , entityy( character ) + 10 , entityz( character ) , 0, -20, 0
* Move the shadow mesh slight away from the terrain to avoid z fighting. positionentity shadowmesh, pickedx()+.1*pickednx(), pickedy()+.1*pickedny(), pickedz()+.1 * pickednx()
* Align the shadow mesh to the landscape contour. aligntovector shadowmesh, pickednx(), pickedny(), pickednz(), 2
That should work plenty fast for quite a few characters.
Stevie