shade maps and GI

[QuakeMarine1]

how is the workflow for shademaps in combination with GI ?

if I render shademaps to files with GI enable i see Vray do a GI prepass too
so i wonder

do I render shademaps (SM) first
load SM and render GI to file
load SM and GI for final rendering

or

do I render GI first and SM after

or

can i disable GI to render SM

andre

[QuakeMarine1]

noone use it?

vlado?

[vlado]

There was a thread about this a while ago; the best approach might be to render with a saved irradiance map.

Best regards,
Vlado