I should add that I wish Bryce well and hope that Daz comes through and makes it truly competitive as a landscape creation program. I didn't see anything concerning improvements to the sky editor in the initial list of features, so I'm less than optimistic about the priorities. There is scarcely anything Bryce needs more than a revamped sky editor. 

Of course, you don't need realistic, volumetric skies if you're just rendering Daz people inside of Daz sets, but I thought we had enough platforms for that sort of thing already. 

Download my free stuff here: http://www.renderosity.com/homepage.php?page=2&userid=323368