External Lightmapping ToolCreate great lighting for your Unity scenes using 3D Studio Max. | ![]() |
About
The External Lightmapping tool allows you to create nice looking lighting for your Unity scenes. Setup your scene inside Unity, and when you're happy with it, use the tool to create lightmaps, giving you shadows, global illumination, or whichever lighting technique you choose to use inside 3D Studio Max.
Getting Started
The best way to get started is to checkout these video tutorials: , and
Find example projects, and detailed information on how things work under the hood at Michal's website
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External Lightmapping Tool, latest release and the latest example project
Credits
The External Lightmapping Tool has been developed by Michał Mandrysz for the Unity Summer of Code 2009
Compatibility
This project is compatible with Unity 2.5.1 and up. It is not supported on Unity iPhone, alltough you could use the generated lightmaps for your iPhone project. It requires 3D Studio Max 2008 or higher.
