Yes, I know of the P7 implimentation of GI. There was a python script at the time that allowed you to access it and I did try it out. Unfortunately the rendering was so terribly slow that I stopped it halfway through a small test image, but what I saw really looked great at the time. No, what I'm referring too was a problem between IBL and the Environment sphere where the sphere blocked the IBL. I ask because a couple of test scenes that BB has released for PP2012 makes use of a low level IBL light and yet when I've tested IBLs in conjunction with an Environment sphere it seems that the sphere is blocking the light from the IBL just like it did in a previous verion of Poser (P7, I think). I'm supposing you shouldn't use the two together in PP2012. I just wondering.

"A lonely climber walks a tightrope to where dreams are born and never die!" - Billy Thorpe, song: Edge of Madness, album: East of Eden's Gate

Weapons of choice:

Poser Pro 2012, SR2, Paintshop Pro 8