What is the purpose of maintaining ambient/global lighting consistency across scenes in a multi-scene project?

• A. Keep ambient/global lighting consistent across scenes to avoid noticeable changes.
• B. Ambient lighting should be randomized per scene.
• C. Ambient lighting has no effect on lighting quality.
• D. Ambient lighting only affects UI.

Answer: (A)

Keeping ambient/global lighting consistency across scenes ensures a seamless visual flow and believable mood when moving between scenes. Ambient lighting sets the base brightness and color tone of a scene, filling in areas not lit by direct lights. If this baseline changes from scene to scene, players notice abrupt shifts in color and brightness, which can break immersion and feel like the game is jumping between environments. By maintaining a consistent ambient color, intensity, and sky/GA settings (or using a shared lighting profile), you create cohesive lighting that carries across scenes, making transitions feel natural and preserving the intended atmosphere. Randomizing ambient lighting per scene would introduce jarring changes; ambient lighting does influence overall lighting quality, not just UI, and it’s not something you’d intentionally vary between scenes.