Drop shadows of moving object, possible?

mdtajghorimdtajghori Member Posts: 24
edited May 2012 in Working with GS (Mac)
Hey guys, just wondering if it's possible to drop shadows of moving objects? Basically I have an aircraft flying from one end to the other and I wanted it to drop shadows on the ground to give the gamer a sense of feeling that the aircraft is indeed in the sky.

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  • JohnPapiomitisJohnPapiomitis Posts: 6,256
    edited May 2012 Accepted Answer
    make 2 real attributes call them airplaneX and airplaneY

    In your airplane actor constrain airplaneX to self position x and constrain airplaneY to self position Y

    make a shadow actor and constrain its self position x to the airplaneX and constrain its self position y to airplaneY- whatever offset you want

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  • mdtajghorimdtajghori Member Posts: 24
    Wow thanks, very logical approach! I feel dumb haha
  • JohnPapiomitisJohnPapiomitis Member Posts: 6,256
    no problem, i actually typed the first part backwards by accident but i edited the comment and fixed it
  • MarkOnTheIronMarkOnTheIron Member Posts: 1,447
    edited May 2012
    Do the aircraft collide with something? If not you can add the shadow directly on your actor's image with Photoshop, then you just have to resize the actor. No additional actors or constrains required :)

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