Well, the REAL proof in the pudding is to see VUE 4 load them with texture maps. Bryce only loads the mesh (like 3DS, etc.) Now- if VUE 4 can truely load a COB File WITH TEXTURES in tact, that's Coooool! (My guess, as well as hope, is that they WILL, as VUE has done it with 3DS and OBJ files...)