The real question is, Why would I bother trying to work out how to do something when there is someone willing to do the donkey work?

Now, if you can explain glass materials in wings to me(and why the glass objects shadow isn't transparent), then I'll be even happier.

I've attached a render I created in Wings and rendered in yafray in about 2 minutes (!). But I won't (can't) repeat the 4 letter word that Drac uttered when he saw it. It's a true HDRI image. But I was trying to get glass cubes, not mirrored spheres, so not THAT clever. ;-)

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