how to disable shadows in ground?

[Snake 0]

im making an animation that happens in the sea so i put the default ground texture as ocean texture. then to make it look like actual minecraft water i got a huge chunk of water and i loaded it as schematic. it's only water and nothing else. i made it flat, then i put the island schematic that i wanted in there. the problem is I get the island casting a shadow that looks pretty ugly. it looks like the island is floating. i want to get rid of that shadow to get it looking how i want to but i dont know how. if i disable cast shadows on the island schematics then the trees and everything on top of the island doesnt cast a shadow so its not a solution... what can I do?
 

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how i want it (i disabled render mode so i dont get the shadow)

 

Edited October 29, 2016 by Snake

[Blue Chocolatebar 1k]

You will need to export whats the below the water aswell, the reason it has a ground shadow is because its one layer and its above the default ground.

[KyodonZ 354]

Remove background

[Nakoju 615]

Select the water and turn the brightness up to 100%. color>brightness

or go in the island's options and turn off cast shadows, this is not advised though.

[Snake 0]

i also tried to make the island schematic higher but the fog is a problem i just cant get rid of the damn ground shadow

[Nakoju 615]

1 minute ago, Snake said:

i also tried to make the island schematic higher but the fog is a problem i just cant get rid of the damn ground shadow

did ya try all we said?

[Snake 0]

35 minutes ago, The LuckyFox said:

did ya try all we said?

yes i tried, doesnt work, brightness at 100% does nothing and i cant disable the shadows on the island schematic otherwise the island looks bad (no shadows casted by trees grass etc so it looks lame)

 

 

52 minutes ago, KyodonZ said:

Remove background

dosent work, it makes the water look like its made from blue paint

 

 

apparently u need the grond texture below the water blocks so it looks normal..

[Rollo 3.2k]

Maybe disable shadows on the water, not the island?

[SB7989 609]

why not remove the ground altogether? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Edited October 29, 2016 by SB7989

[Snake 0]

23 hours ago, Colonel Muffin said:

Maybe disable shadows on the water, not the island?

yeah i have the cast shadows disabled in the water schematic already, otherwise it creates a massive shadow on the ground.. so yeah it doesnt work

On 29/10/2016 at 6:03 PM, Snake said:

yes i tried, doesnt work, brightness at 100% does nothing and i cant disable the shadows on the island schematic otherwise the island looks bad (no shadows casted by trees grass etc so it looks lame)

 

 

dosent work, it makes the water look like its made from blue paint

 

 

apparently u need the grond texture below the water blocks so it looks normal..

 

23 hours ago, SB7989 said:

why not remove the ground altogether? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

read the quote above

 

if i disable ground, i get the water looking like that

[moniker 67]

I don't think you are going to find a workaround for that. I stumbled upon this problem myself and it was not possible to do anything about it... @David should add an option to objects characteristics that lets you chose if you want to cast a shadow in the ground or not (in a tickable box next to the "cast shadows" box and so on)

[Nakoju 615]

6 hours ago, moniker said:

I don't think you are going to find a workaround for that. I stumbled upon this problem myself and it was not possible to do anything about it... @David should add an option to objects characteristics that lets you chose if you want to cast a shadow in the ground or not (in a tickable box next to the "cast shadows" box and so on)

 

already there. read the top.

[moniker 67]

On 1/11/2016 at 0:27 AM, The LuckyFox said:

already there. read the top.

What top? every workaround proposed doesn't work, read Snake posts.

[Nakoju 615]

8 hours ago, moniker said:

What top? every workaround proposed doesn't work, read Snake posts.

 look at the top of this post and look for the comment that is ACTUALLY VOTED AS AN ANSWER  (triggered)

[moniker 67]

On 2/11/2016 at 10:33 PM, The LuckyFox said:

 look at the top of this post and look for the comment that is ACTUALLY VOTED AS AN ANSWER  (triggered)

non-viable workaround.