bagginsbill opened this issue on Aug 13, 2008 · 158 posts
bagginsbill posted Sat, 18 October 2008 at 9:23 AM
In general, the use of an infinite or spot or point light is simulating a real light source (or a concentrated reflection of a light source as from a mirror) and should have shadows enabled.
The IBL should have AO shadows enabled, but Poser light-based AO is buggy prior to Poser 7 SR3. That is why I suggest material-based AO for the general public. Mat AO is also faster in some cases (because you can skip it where you don't need it) and gives more control (because you can vary the parameters across the scene.)
So the overall answer is - all lights should have shadows.
Renderosity forum reply notifications are wonky. If I read a follow-up in a thread, but I don't myself reply, then notifications no longer happen AT ALL on that thread. So if I seem to be ignoring a question, that's why. (Updated September 23, 2019)