X5 3D View Issues

[dshall]

I thought the issue we were addressing was the dark shadows and dark renders - that we fixed without changing the sun at all. How would changing the sun angle change the color/depth of the shadows? It would change the angle and time of day but the ambient light/shadows too is either controlled by the 3D dbx or the Ambient Occlusion setting - isn't it?

Agree, and I think there are at least two ways of doing this..............
1- my way which involved changing the textures from matte to general materials.
2. your way, changing from use or not to use USE CAMERA VIEW SETTINGS (applying to raytraces, I do not believe this effects render views)