DarkEdge opened this issue on Aug 09, 2009 · 37 posts
pjz99 posted Mon, 10 August 2009 at 2:09 PM
Yeah here's that info from Stefan about AO on lights:
http://www.renderosity.com/mod/forumpro/showthread.php?thread_id=2778431&page=3#message_3494060
Quote - Indirect light will skip AO on lights, as AO is the fast approximation of what indirect light is doing for real.
So really that 65% IBL is acting as an omni fill, which is the kind of thing (imo) that you shouldn't really require under GI, except maybe for simulating sunlight. For indoor lighting imo it will always look wierd.