Thanks Mark, I tried to create one myself once but it did render horrible slow, probably something wrong with the settings I used. Going to try that script out, always enjoy faster rendering :)
From my tests it was pretty useful fast rendering, even when I had the shadows maps at 512 cause I thought 128 was to smooth, wonder why I have not seen this script mentioned before here, seems like a good alternative to the other methods :)
If you're going to use scanline you're better off staying away from the skylight method, for the reasons Laurens brings up and because its really really slow. Instead use scanline and a custom light set up, like a light dome made up of spot lights. This script makes one easily and quickly and allows you to tweak the…
I don't mean to answer for Prophecies, but I bounce back and forth between the two methods, or I did until they fucked up the edge padding in mental ray... It really boils down to what you need. If you're trying to bake in a particular lighting effect like a top down light where the object is more shaded on the bottom than…