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Have 2 sets of GI usable data?

Discussion in 'Unity 5 Pre-order Beta' started by Thiago-Crawford, Feb 26, 2015.

  1. Thiago-Crawford

    Thiago-Crawford

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    Hi,

    I know this feature cannot be added for 5.0 release, but maybe there is a workaround I'm not aware of?

    What I want to know is if you can save a GI backup and reload it whenever you want. Here is why..

    I want to be able to use/build previews, so i put GI on the lowest and fastest settings, this can still take ages though depending on the scene.

    So once that is done, I don't want to risk losing that data. but I also want to have a higher quality bake for a final product going already.

    Maybe we can have 2 sets of lighting calculation settings?
    1 quick preview set
    2 a high quality one that gets going once the other is done?

    So you can switch back and forth between the 2 as needed.

    Maybe there is an existing workaround that lets me do that already?

    Thanks
     
    Thiago-Crawford, Feb 26, 2015
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  2. Joachim_Ante

    Joachim_Ante

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    The GI cache actually handles this automatically for you.

    You will notice that if you bake a scene first at high resolution, then at low resolution. If you switch back to low resolution, then you notice that the bake is extremely fast, essentially it's just loading the cached files.

    This is due to the incremental bake pipeline which can cache any step of the computation.
     
    Joachim_Ante, Feb 26, 2015
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  3. Thiago-Crawford

    Thiago-Crawford

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    Thanks for the info, out of curiosity, how does U5 handle running out of space trying to cache multiple resolutions of GI data?
     
    Thiago-Crawford, Feb 26, 2015
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  4. Joachim_Ante

    Joachim_Ante

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    The gi cache size can be controlled in the preferences window. Essentialy you define the maximum size of the cache folder. Unity will automatically delete the oldest files which have not been in use for the longest (aka. LRU)
     
    Joachim_Ante, Feb 26, 2015
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