how can I make my cloud cast a shadow?

Support Materials and Textures
#1

I’ve been creating clouds both using the new Cloud Generator by Nick Keeline and also using particle systems from scratch. In every instance, when I light the cloud(s) from above, they cast a box-like shadow into the ground directly below them. I’m sure the ‘box shadow’ is the shadow of the reigon in which the particles are contained.

I was wondering if anyone knows of a way to make the clouds themselves cast shadows.

Thanks everybody!

#2

I don’t know if it is a good idea to cast shadows from clouds generated by particle systems, it shall become heavy processing, if it is possible even… Maybe it should be better to simulate that.

#3

Give the ground a material, in the shadow tab you need to check the “Receive transparent” option, that’s the whole magic.