IT dusnt work (look at attachment)
 

Hey!

i did wut u told me, i put the soccer ball on the ground and nuthing happened.. there were no shadows look at the attachment.

hi jam9_secretagent - please keep you posts in the same thread that are relative to each other..... it keeps the site a bit tidier

Many thanks

HEEEEELP!!
 

i really need to nuw y its not casting shadows can some1 plz reply.. thnx

have you got the "shadow casting turned on"?

Rendering->Render Options->Rendering tab-> Turn on raytrace shadows. Also make sure in your light properties->shadow tab, that shadow type is not set to "Off".

how do i go to light properties

select light and then hit "p" :)

PPPPPLLLLLLL its not wrking!! i did wut u told me...

let me go over this once more first i made the soccer ball thn saved it. THen i made the white ground and save tht. then in lighteave i opened the ground then i opened the soccer ball, and put it on the ground. thn i place the light where i wanted it to be, ow it casts shadows on the ball but not on the ground...

can some1 plz help me!!!

i hope I'll help you a little with this:

Your screenshot is showing us layout and (me thinks) you can't see shadows in layout preview unless you hit "F9" to render it. Have a look at my screenshot: it's simple scene with ground object and geometry. There is a light in this scene (spot light) and a camera. As you can see there is no shadows there....

...but if u hit "F9" to render it u will get shadows. On this screenshot u can see rendered scene and light properties and rendering options. Oh! And u can't open those two panels at the same time - i just pasted light properties panel there in mspaint :D

Got questions?

Thnx man it wrked! I was kinda lost their!!!

THNNNNNNNNNNNXXXXXXX ALLLLLLLLLOT

:) No problem :D If you got more questions keep asking. If i could help i'll help Ya.

yeh i will

Oh yeh i have a question! :)

How do i export it as a jpeg file, when i m done???

When rendered Image shows, click "File" and u will get menu full of formats. Just choose one :D

THNX MAN! AGAIN!

Have another prob!
 

k for sum reason i dunt have jpg. Look at the attachment!

hmm... I think u got some plug-ins missing. Try to add plugins again. Don't know how? Here it is:

Run Layout. Press 'Lightwave' and then choose 'Plug-ins' -> 'Edit Plug-ins'. Panel will show up. Press 'Scan Directory' and point it to your plugins directory (mine goes like this "C:\LightWave_3D_7.0\Plugins"). It should fix the problem - I hope :)

wut do u mean "run layout"

by layout i mean this part of LightWave where u render your images. When u r in Modeler pres "F12" and u will get Layout (LightWave). Sorry for not being enough clear.

THNNNNNNNNXXX ALOT MAN, sry i have been bothering u lately, but the thing is i am getting serious abt 3d animation, since i have been chosen to represent my school for 3d art in "Skills Canada"

thnx again

THNX! Look
 

SEE with the help of u look i came up with, I nuw its nuthin proffesional but its good enough for the first try! now i m gonna move on to harder stuff

glad you kept hangin' in there jam9 :D

I NEED HELP AGAIN!
 

You now in lightwave right, how do i make a reflection of the soccer ball on a white ground??

PLzz respnd as soon as possible thnx.

open the surface editor (ctrl-F3) and set the reflection value for your ground material to something like 30%. Then open the render options panel (Rendering menu -> Render Options) and check raytrace reflections. You might also lower the ray recursion limit to something like 3.

hit F9

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