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Rendering invisible objects that cast shadows

CypherFOXCypherFOX Posts: 3,401
edited December 1969 in Daz Studio Discussion

Greetings,
Is there a way to hide (e.g.) most of the objects, but have them still cast shadows on the objects that remain?

Or, failing that as a straightforward feature, pre-calculate shadow maps, and then re-use them even if I've hidden items or otherwise changed the scene?

-- Morgan

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  • linvanchenelinvanchene Posts: 1,382
    edited February 2013

    Cypherfox said:
    Greetings,
    Is there a way to hide (e.g.) most of the objects, but have them still cast shadows on the objects that remain?

    Or, failing that as a straightforward feature, pre-calculate shadow maps, and then re-use them even if I've hidden items or otherwise changed the scene?

    -- Morgan

    As far as I know by changing the Ubersurface 2 material options "Fantom" to on this will just do that:

    "When Fantom is On, the surface will not be visible to the camera, but will be visible to shadows and raytracing. This can be useful when an object is used to create a reflection or shadow, but we do not want to see the object"

    Source:

    http://www.omnifreaker.com/index.php?title=UberSurface2

    Product:

    http://www.daz3d.com/ubersurface2-layered-shader-for-daz-studio

    Also included in the bundle:

    http://www.daz3d.com/uber-shader-pack
    - - -

    On a side note:
    Is omnifreaker still active? Any words on new updates like Uberenvironment 3 or Ubersurface 3 etc?

    Post edited by linvanchene on
  • kitakoredazkitakoredaz Posts: 3,526
    edited December 1969

    Free Urber surface have fantom property too. if you just hope to get fantom effect,,
    you may need not to buy Ubersurface 2.;-)

    (Daz studio formats>your contetns folda>shader preset>omnifreaker>Ubersurface in content library,, DS 4.5)

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