bake with an empty material(white) and ao on. Do a full bake and you will have ao and shadows in one pass. Assign the texture in another material after the color.
BTW: I am uploading a quick and dirty tut now to you tube.
[video:youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ts7sXIzw1X0[/video]

Last edited by Nowherebrain; 07/04/09 21:57.
Everybody Poops.
here are some tutorials I made.
http://www.acknexturk.com/blender/