I kind of figured as much.  The new shader-less texture settings are still a big improvement over the textures I started out with.  I did a render of the abdomen with the torso texured the new way (the same way the face is above) and the hip textured the old way, and there's a definite difference.

Still, they can't beat the shader.  That's why I've pretty much decided to include both shader and non-shader MAT poses in the character pack.