weird shadow
 

I'm getting this shadow when I render my model, there is a poly behind where that shadow is but I'm not sure why its causing a shadow on the outside of the model?

The GIJoe plugin has a tendancey to do that when you have geometry behind another. Might try looking for a different lighting solution, as I'm not positive how to stop that from happening with GIJoe.

The thing is, it does the same with maya's renderer as well?

s'ok I've solved the problem now :)

dmap resolution?

Let us know how you solved it for others with the same problem. :)

I selected the poly causing the shadow and simply went to the attribute editor, under render stats deselected casts shadows and receive shodows.