First off, Vue never claimed to be a high end 3D app, it is mostly a terrain or scene program. However it is starting to have great things added like GI, HDR support, etc. But it still is not a high end 3D app so it should not be compared to those. As far as xStream goes well try and create clouds, landscape, foliage, trees and then try to animate it in your 3D app. It is very time consuming, this product is by far much faster and not to mention you can finally have great skies in Maya. You cant judge until you try it for your self! *Ps. i don't work at e-on, i am simply a beta tester.

Message edited on: 12/17/2005 10:48