No shadows??

[SqwkHappy]

  I've noticed that from inside the cockpit, I can't see outside shadows on the ground... IE I can't see the planes shadow on the ground. I have tried this in balanced and high settings, which high DOES produce shadows on the ground but ONLY from a view that is outside of the plane...

 

 I verified this by recording video playback and observing it from inside and outside the cockpit. With a noon sun, I should see a shadow under the tailplane when looking back, but there is none. However, in the F2 view the shadow is there clearly in view for the pilot to see if he looked back.

 

 Do ground shadows created by your plane show up from inside the cockpit or is it just my budget setup being a budget setup?

 

 

[216th_Lucas_From_Hell]

Developer choice to keep frame rates higher on the ground since the pilot rarely looks at the aircraft's shadow from the cockpit.

[216th_Peterla]

Yeap, as Lucas said it's not a bug, just game design to keep better fps on cockpit. I guess I read it in questions to developers.

[SqwkHappy]

I searched the forums but couldn't find anything about it specifically. Thank you for your replies.

[[APAF]VR_Spartan85]

Tis true. There is no personal plane shadow from cockpit.. I wonder though, can you still see other aircraft shadows while in cockpit?

I remember while flying IRL in a Cessna172M on approach to the airfield a plane following me would fly on my 6 high, so instead of banking I would use the shadows on the ground to locate and confirm the aircraft on my tail. Finding my shadow first then trailing back until i found theirs..

My instructor found that to be a neat little trick.

[216th_Lucas_From_Hell]

You can see other aircraft shadows

[-TBC-AeroAce]

In game close to or in ground performance is the worst so the way the devs have implemented it to me is very expectable.

 

But just a quick idea, maybe when replaying tracks we could have access to more detailed graphic settings as this would not effect live game play but would allow us to make more detailed vids

Edited March 10, 2016 by AeroACE