Baking GI in Batches

Hi there,

Since baking GI for a large environment takes a long time (as it should), I am trying to determine the best strategy to do it in a timely and controlled fashion.

So suppose I have thousands of static houses and thousands of static trees. If I disable all trees and generate GI for the houses only, will I be able to then disable the houses and bake the trees, so that both GI will be stored accordingly?

Thank you for your time!

 

Nope!

 

Finally, perhaps something like a "Bake selected" option?

 

Thanks for the quick reply.

Just one more question... If I change, say, the UV map/mesh of the trees, thus triggering GI updates, will the houses be baked again regardless if they have not changed?

 

Until now, yes, because you have to rebake the whole scene

 

Ok thank you, I will stay tuned for the new functionality.