eRe4s3r wrote on Oct 15, 2011, 17:35:
It probably depends on the engine.. but if its a fully dynamic shadow system with GI the textures need to come last simply because the texture shaders need to know when they are in "shadow" or in "light" and what color the light has.

They can't know that if they are rendered before the light.

How exactly frostbite 2 creates the GI and color probes though would be very interesting to know in detail..

Rage by the way is not even on the same level of technology as frostbite 2, its like comparing a rubber dingy to a nuclear sub. ;p