One major thing to remember to do. Place ALL I mean all texture maps and objs (Vickie) in the same folder. This will help things along greatly, because Bryce likes to look for everything in the same place. When you import into Bryce you'll find that when things are in the same folder you'll never have to go searching for textures that didn't load. But transparency maps do NOT load in no matter what, you'll have to load them in separatly. Once you get the hang of it, it really is quite simple. I render alot of things in Bryce, and have no problems. James