Where a game dev school does help is in networking and opportunities in local game dev studios. You could also gain employment at studios through referrals from teachers many of whom have game industry experience. If you graduated from other academic streams, it really is down to you and the studio to leverage your…
Okay, I think I understand better now. For instance, say we have a car with windshields just like any other car, and we decide to bake the car's AO as is without consideration to remove them from the baking process. Naturally, they will contribute to AO baking process and depending on the AO's baking settings (i.e. here)…