Lightmap on Unity or Render to Texture when modeling?

Hi guys,

I'm trying to make my scene look good. I've tried to use Unity lighting and bake them, but the results are terrible. I've tried on Unity 4 and 5... In both, the results look too different from the scene with realtime lights.

I'm pretty confident I'm missing something...

Anyway, In 3ds Max I can do my scenes look perfectly the way I want.

What would you guys recommend? Model the whole scenario (all static objects) in 3ds Max, setup lighting (still in 3ds max) and then render to texture, or should I insist with the Unity lightmap ??

I'm sorry if it's too dumb question, I'm learning... Any advice will be highly appreciated.

Thank you.

 

Really? No one?

 

I wouldn't consider myself an expert, but I would say that as long as the lighting does not changes in real-time, you could bake in max for 3D objects that don't need to move in your game. Anything that moves and will need to receive real-time lighting can then be done within Unity. I am struggling to get some of the amazing results I have seen in demos of Unity 5's new lighting and shading features, but I'm having a hard time getting good bakes without real bad artifacts. Here's one of the more comprehensive rundowns of Unity5 Lighmaping http://sassybot.com/blog/lightmapping-in-unity-5/