Sorted it, was in the material attributes.

was already off, could it be any of these? Though there is no difference when I alter the options

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Any ideas what this error message means...

Error: Invalid flag: -hasCommonGlobalValueProcedure

This happens when I try to render the scene, but the render window stays the default black.

Really easy one for you fellas, just familiarising myself with 8.0 (yes i know i'm way behind) though...currently the back half of any polygon objects are ghosted out, and i cannot select them in...

Yeah I've tried not had any results yet though, suppose its trial and error, I dont seem to be getting an output map when i do this, sure I'll figure it out.

I finally found time to install my Maya 8.0 although I am finding the 'new' ui easily enough I am struggling to make the change from the surface transfer to the new normal mapping facility, the F1...

anyone? I'm sure a similar question was asked recently but I cannot find it.

Any ideas how I can eliminate the hdr sphere being reflected on to the text plane alpha? I've turned off several bits and pieces in the render stats of the text plane but I must be overlooking...

Make all edges hard on your model then try again.