Is your computer too much of a potato to render real shadows?
Do you still want that nice visual cue for landing?
Then KSPDropShadow might be for you!
It adds a simple, easy-to-render shadow directly underneath your craft:
$ git clone https://github.com/StrandedSoftwareDeveloper/KSPDropShadow.git
Then copy the following files from the "Kerbal Space Program/KSP_Data/Managed/" folder into the references/ folder:
Assembly-CSharp.dll
UnityEngine.CoreModule.dll
UnityEngine.dll
UnityEngine.PhysicsModule.dll
Then run:
$ msbuild
I'm not really sure, I haven't really used windows in a few years. Open an issue if you need help building this on windows.
I really have no clue. You can open an isssue to ask for help, but I don't know how much I'd be able to give.