Hi guys, i’m not sure that i should post it here but possibly you will be interested in new addons for blender 2.5. You can make lightmaps for your scenes with blender now.
Features:
- one unwrapped UV for entire scene.
- AO, Shadows, Color lights.
Links:
http://blenderartists.org/forum/showthread.php?196005-Lightmapper-(-Release-0.57
http://blenderartists.org/forum/showthread.php?213476-Automatic-Lightmapper