How do I...

How do I make a lightmapped prefab?

See Lightmapped Prefab component.

How do I use git/collab/other version control system with Bakery?

First, make sure all machines have the same version of Unity and Bakery.

Unity 2017.1 or newer:

You should commit:

• Any updated assets unrelated to Bakery.
• All updated *.meta files.
• Lightmap textures.

You should not commit:

• Bakery folders.

Pre-2017.1 versions of Unity:

• Also commit ftGlobalStorage.asset.

If UVs don't look right, right click affected models and click Reimport.

How do I share a scene with someone who doesn’t have Bakery installed?

Apart from the scene and its lightmaps you also have to include a few scripts, namely:

• ftLightmaps.cs
• ftLightmapsStorage.cs
• ftLocalStorage.cs
• ftGlobalStorage.cs
• ftModelPostProcessor.cs

How do I bake using my own UVs without any alterations to them?

Check out Lightmap Groups ("Original UV" mode).

How do I trigger a bake via scripting?

There are 3 steps involved:

1. Get the render settings object:

ftLightmapsStorage storage = ftRenderLightmap.FindRenderSettingsStorage();

2. Modify the settings. Full list can be seen in ftLightmapsStorage.cs. As an example, here is how you can limit the amount of bounces and set the output folder:

storage.renderSettingsBounces = 2;

storage.renderSettingsOutPath = "MyFolder";

3. Create Bakery instance, load the settings and bake:

ftRenderLightmap bakery = ftRenderLightmap.instance != null ? ftRenderLightmap.instance : new ftRenderLightmap();

bakery.LoadRenderSettings();

bakery.RenderButton();

How do I add fake ambient lighting?

Faking constant ambient factor with 6 shadowless directionals

In some non-realistic scenes you may want to add a fake ambient factor that doesn't come from natural GI or sky lighting (i.e. a cave that would be pitch black in reality, but has to be visible in a game).

Bakery doesn't have a built-in fake ambient option, but you can emulate it with 6 shadow-less directional lights:

1. Create 6 axis-aligned Direct Lights.

2. Set their Shadow Samples to 0.

3. Set their colors to desired ambient colors (you can use different top/bottom/side lighting if needed).

How do I use Skylight with a procedural sky shader?

Having baked sky lighting match visible skybox is important for correct look. You can bake any sky shader into a cubemap texture and use it in Skylight. Luckily, Update Skybox Probe button already generates that cubemap for you.

1. Click Update Skybox Probe

2. Locate the cubemap file. It will be in your output folder ("BakeryLightmaps" by default), named YouSceneName_0_sky.exr.

3. Plug the file into the Skylight "Sky texture" slot.