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1. Bake AO in: diffuse texture vs lightmap texture

   

   Topic by ludic · Dec 2010 · Home› Technical Talk

   Hello again, So i've searched the net for what's the best solution for baking ambient occlusion, i've also found the thread here on polycount on baking maps, but to be honest i'm still a bit confused. Let's say I have a big level with multiple assets inside.(i have channel 1 diffuse, and channel 2 lightmap) 1.From what…

2. Re: Bake AO in: diffuse texture vs lightmap texture

   

   Reply by Bal · Dec 2010 · Home› Technical Talk

   Do both, small scale AO in the diffuse, large scale AO in the lightmaps. Depends on the kind of tech your using as well, of course.

3. Re: Bake AO in: diffuse texture vs lightmap texture

   

   Reply by ludic · Dec 2010 · Home› Technical Talk

   Thank you for advices. I guess I'll do both and tweak them until i get the look I want. (small ao for dirt look in diffuse and big ao for shadow in lightmap). Cheers.:thumbup:

4. Re: Bake AO in: diffuse texture vs lightmap texture

   

   Reply by doc rob · Dec 2010 · Home› Technical Talk

   There was a thread here a while back where we dug into this. The advantage of having your AO separate is that the renderer can knock it out where the surface is directly illuminated. This is more correct and looks better. If the AO is multiplied on in areas of direct illumination, it looks more like dirt than shadow (which…