Quote - But aren't all IBL's by default supposed to have shadows off?  That is the purpose of IBL, provide ambient but no shadows.

Well, maybe... I don't know, and don't care, really. The fact is, it has a shadow option, the shadows work when turned on, so therefore I expect it to reload it as it was saved. I don't need or want Poser to do my thinking and planning for me, I just want it to behave and bow to my will. ;-)

But yeah, I guess the IBL's are designed in that way. Nevertheless, there will be a need for shadows. Maybe thats why I see so many Poser renders that seem to have no shadows - because people think it's "correct" to just slap on an IBL and let it do it's thing?

At any rate, I don't use Poser to try to get any kind of reality, just effects.