svdl, I'm having some difficulty with shadows and AO.  In a scene to test a light package for the market place, I'm using AO on my IBL light and a material based AO node on the floor as suggested in one thread that I read by Bagginsbill. Sometimes the shadows on the floor just about disappear, but will be present on the wall behind my demo figure. Should I remove the material based AO node from the floor? My shadows are ray traced, not depth mapped.

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