LE "First person + self-shadowing" mod ?

[Bob227]

Hello,

 

So I'm wondering, why dont we have a "self-shadow in first person" mod yet ? Is it too hard to make ?

 

Since the third person model casts a shadow, can't it be added/forced on the first person view?

Like a kind of Hack or something rather than a real proper first person + body awareness+ shadow mod..

 

Would be the third person model displayed over the first person model (as a kind of ghost overlay, without collisions and with a transparent shader) so it doesn't affects the player's view while still projecting a shadow.. That wont be perfect (first person fighting anims and 3rd person one might not match perfectly, and if you look at your feet, you will see your shadow coming out of nowhere), but it would do the trick for me (and for many others I believe).

 

Sounds logical to me but as I'm not a coder I might be completly wrong. Still, I'm very interrested as it would be a great immersion mod.. (btw Doom 3 had a kind of similar way to force player shadowing without any body awareness)