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[Blocker226]

Hey all, I've been doing Minecraft renders of people, but I'm in need of help.

Basically Minecraft skins have a "hat" layer which you can imagine as a big transparent cube that surrounds the head like a helmet to add details such as headphones. My character rig's head has the "hat" and "head" cubes merged together. Is there a way to make the "hat" cube not cast shadows?

Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!

[stwert]

Go into the render stats of the object in the attribute editor and uncheck cast and receive shadows.

[Blocker226]

Go into the render stats of the object in the attribute editor and uncheck cast and receive shadows.

Originally Posted by stwert View original post

The problem is that I want it to cast shadows. I don't want specific faces to cast shadows. Basically I have 2 cubes, one bigger than the other, merged. So it's like a box within a box, with both meshes merged together. I don't want the outer box to cast shadows.

[stwert]

Honestly I would just separate the meshes and have two boxes. Any particular reason they are merged? If you want one to follow the other, just parent one to the other.

[daverave]

Do like Stwert suggested then make a transparency map for the outer box...........dave

[Blocker226]

Do like Stwert suggested then make a transparency map for the outer box...........dave

Originally Posted by daverave View original post

WELL that was easy! It took me forever to find the "separate" function. Thanks!