Here's how to enable shadows:
- Advanced menu (if you don't see it bring it up with Ctrl + Alt + D)
- Debug
- set RenderDeferred to FALSE (default)
- set RenderUseFBO to TRUE
- set RenderDeferred to TRUE
- set PhoenixShadowsToggle to TRUE
Graphics have to be set to Ultra to see the shadows. (Once I saw them I could lower to High, but that still gave me the same low FPS.)
When I disabled them I crashed first time, but the next time I started by setting RenderDeferred to FALSE before disabling the other two. That worked. I have no idea what those settings really do.
My own shadow didn't seem to be visible except where I had prim clothes. My boots cast a shadow. I'll have to experiment with that some other day.
I recorded the video on our porch in Fort Serenity where the Mayan Adventure begins. The Macaw parrots come from Animania.