[Solved] pawn shadows?

[tegleg]

hello

how do you get pawns and vehicles to cast a shadow?
ive tried everything but nothing makes it work.

thanks for any tips

edit:
solved by adding this to turn on the shadows, guess it defaults to no shadows

simulated function PostBeginPlay()
{
	Super.PostBeginPlay();

        SetTimer(1.0,false,'ShowShadow');
}

exec function ShowShadow()
{
   UpdateShadowSettings(true);
}

[fighter5347]

You have to use a dynamic dominant directional light

[tegleg]

yes i tried that
idealy it would be moveable dominant light,
i see shadows in the editor, but not in game
tried ticking/unticking all sorts in the light and the pawn with no shadows ever showing up

[fighter5347]

With ingame you mean after cooking? Because my pawn always casts shadows (in the editor, in the UDKGame,...) Do you use your own pawn script or the one from epic games?

[tegleg]

they are extending UTPawn and UTVehicle, nothing has been changed in the defaults
there is a shadow in the editor, no shadow in pie or after building and cooking

[obihb]

2 things I can quickly think that has influence is having a physics object assigned and make sure your character's bounds are correct.

[tegleg]

yes they have physics assets and the bounds are correct
heres a pic from PIE,
the car and character on the right are skelital meshes and cast shadows
car and character on the left are pawn and vehicle class instances (UTPawn and UTVehicle) and do not cast shadows