Till no skylight but the ernegy snow effect seems to be gone as far as i can see. calculations really looks like the one we were used in beta. rendering is on it way, can't say more right now.
I see the new date for RC but what improvements have been made?
I never bothered to install the last update and won't bother with any update unless the problems in the core render engine have been put right together with a working C4D plugin. Beta is still the one for me!