Agree with iloco, most of XFrog plants import OK. I prefer to import in lwo because transparency info is retained in Lwo, for other formats, you need alpha planes, True, 3ds is lighter size wise, but messes with objects/texture names. ( Only 8 characters allowed) Christie, I find your remark about "sloppy" textures strange, I haven't seen it myself, guess I'll have to do some tests.