Hey Guys, This sounds like a video driver problem to me. Philywebrider, ATI based graphics card in the past have been notorious for poor video drivers. I am not sure if the newer ATI cards have the same issue but I would recommend going to their web site and downloading the latest drivers for your card to see if that fixes the problem. You can also read E-on Software official comment on the issue : http://www.e-onsoftware.com/Support/Vue4FAQ.php Their comments explains why Sirkrite with a P3 and an integrated Intel 3D card has no problems because he is probably using a default OPENGL driver that handles multi-threaded drawing. Here are a couple of screen captures of what it should look like if everything is working properly. It was taken on a P4 with a Geoforce/Nvidia graphics card with the instant draw cranked all the way up. Personally, I don't think you need to see full wires or a OPENGL preview in order to configure the ship. All the optional parts (listed in ALL CAPS) are already in position so all you need to do is just delete the ones you don't want. I hope this has been of some help :) Cheers, Hankster