Disabling shadows for "mr prim" hair?

robkar97 · February 28th, 2008

I'm doing a lawn made from Hair and fur, and to speed things up I would like to disable shadow casting for the grass and only make the grass receive shadows from other objects.

Going to the growth object's properties and unchecking Receive shadows doesn't help... is there another way of disabling shadows?

I'm lighting the exterior scene with a daylight system, so I can't use Exclude for the sun (?)

Robert

xeunox · February 28th, 2008

sellect the grass object, right click>object properties switch off cast shadows there

robkar97 · February 28th, 2008

That's the problem... it doesn't work :-( I think it does when using "buffer" hairs, but not for "mr prim"... Only the growth object (a simple plane) stops casting shadows.

Similarly, turning off Renderable for the growth object leaves the hair unaffected (it still renders)

February 28th, 2008	#1 (permalink)
robkar97 Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Goteborg Posts: 88 Name: Robert Karlsson	Disabling shadows for "mr prim" hair? I'm doing a lawn made from Hair and fur, and to speed things up I would like to disable shadow casting for the grass and only make the grass receive shadows from other objects. Going to the growth object's properties and unchecking Receive shadows doesn't help... is there another way of disabling shadows? I'm lighting the exterior scene with a daylight system, so I can't use Exclude for the sun (?) Robert __________________ architect/visualiser i2 STUDIOS, Sweden http://www.i2studios.com

February 28th, 2008	#2 (permalink)
xeunox Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Pretoria Posts: 40 Name: Pieter Swart	Re: Disabling shadows for "mr prim" hair? sellect the grass object, right click>object properties switch off cast shadows there

February 28th, 2008	#3 (permalink)
robkar97 Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Goteborg Posts: 88 Name: Robert Karlsson	Re: Disabling shadows for "mr prim" hair? That's the problem... it doesn't work :-( I think it does when using "buffer" hairs, but not for "mr prim"... Only the growth object (a simple plane) stops casting shadows. Similarly, turning off Renderable for the growth object leaves the hair unaffected (it still renders) __________________ architect/visualiser i2 STUDIOS, Sweden http://www.i2studios.com

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