That's really not setup "right" when you turn on AO you would normally turn the shadow off for the light. Try it that way. If you do want shadows, use raytraced shadows. (You are already raytracing, might as well use it) Make them very soft and turn the shadow density way down.

Transmapped hair confuses the AO calculation (Imagine tring figue how all the layers interact with each other). Try using strand hair. It seems to go faster.

AO is also more for brightly lit scenes, ones where there would not be clear shadows or scenes using IBL.

You don't need to add an AO shader to every material in the scene. Only add one if you want to over ride the scene level AO settings for that material.

Nerd3D P.S. 3 lights all with AO on and shadows off. Stock AO settings except 5 samples

Message edited on: 03/26/2005 14:16