puts a form of ssao back. as this is intended to replicate shadows, bolted that to the shadow portion of the calc. as it was previously addative, did so in an addative manner.

Templates/Full/game/shaders/common/lighting/advanced/vectorLightP.hlsl

@@ -234,9 +234,14 @@ float4 main(FarFrustumQuadConnectP IN) : SV_TARGET
       #endif
 
    #endif //NO_SHADOW
+   float3 ao = float3(1,1,1);
+   // Sample the AO texture.
+   #ifdef USE_SSAO_MASK
+      ao = 1.0 - TORQUE_TEX2D( ssaoMask, viewportCoordToRenderTarget( IN.uv0.xy, rtParams3 ) ).r;
+   #endif
    
    //get directional light contribution   
-   float3 lighting = getDirectionalLight(surface, surfaceToLight, lightingColor.rgb, lightBrightness, shadow);
+   float3 lighting = getDirectionalLight(surface, surfaceToLight, lightingColor.rgb, lightBrightness, shadow+ao);
 
    return float4(lighting, 0);
 }