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well, i could hardly believe it when it happened, but after about a half hour after my last post, i figured otu the problem... deep in teh depths of the carpet id made for the stool to sit on, there was an old fur shader i had been playing with, which had been deleted and then id deleted its history, but some of its settings were still effecting the texture of teh carpet, but because they werent linked to anything, were causing all my troubles... anyway, its to late now, but at least i know what the problem is when i go back to render again, which i plan on doing during the bridging unit. below is a composite with everything in it...