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Unity EngineNov 17, 2014Directional lightmaps
Hey everyone, Beta 13 includes quite a few improvements to directional lightmaps. Here’s a quick overview of the feature. Directional lightmaps store more information about the lighting environment than regular lightmaps. Shaders can use that extra data about incoming light to better calculate out…