Huh- never knew that v6 FG doesnt do fur. But, like u did, an AO pass would do the trick.

But- doesnt maya tesselate fur into polys b4 rendering? Just curious.

Anyway- instead of FG- can't use GI? I mean, FG is a re-approximation of a photon map to ensure accurate results. Without a GI photon map, I can't really tell how it does GI, possible accumulated Monte Carlo sampling??? no clue.

Anyway- wouldn't simple photon map get the same effects-

oh wait, you are going for speed. Well then you are right, AO would be the fastest.

Well the fur looks cool with AO . Nice discovery!