@theluthier you maybe reading this for the third or fourth time as I have mentioned it on some WIP threads.
Can you confirm or deny the evolution of this project. Are we set with a daytime scene as in the artwork or will it evolve into a sunset / sunrise / night scene in the future ? The reason I ask is we the S.P.I.C.E.D. team are thinking of rendering image planes for background objects and if the lighting is going to change then so will shadows, so do we render without shadows or do we avoid planes?
I know we are still early in the project but I for one like to have a idea of what the overall scene will be so we can work towards this, the time is a coming when we need to think about poly count, Image Planes Vs High Poly to Low Poly Baking.
In layman’s terms ‘We will need to preheat the oven for baking’.
Also I have some thoughts on ‘fading’ the sky from day (sunrise through to sunset) to night and was wondering whether to pursue this idea.