Didn't know polycount was that old damn. I think only problem with new theme is some elements could be separated. For example a line here? Or lighter background there to separate top part from actual text. Also text box is pretty much not visible
I meant that AO is usually done as a separate texture or texture channel. Because you shouldn't see any AO on pixels illuminated by direct sun light for example , only in shades . So it's not included into base color texture usually. Cycles , same as any ray tracer in general doesn't need AO because same effect occurs by…
I was using unreal back when it was version 2.0. Sockets existed in the engine back then. And the base skeleton didn't look like this. It had no twist bones - for example.