as far as i am aware lightwave is a modeling app, whereas bryce and vue are landscaping apps, so they are a bit different really, i have vue 5 infinate and would recommend it to you for the rendering engine and atmospheres, it is a great app. but i think i remember something about vue 5 infinate was included with lightwave, so you might want to check that out to see if they still do that, as if you want to do modelling then you would want lightwave, but as i don't think it does landscapes(unless you made the terrain models and textured them and vegitated etc..) you would want vue toooo!!! do you have poser?

i love vue,...i love vue too.