Sorry about your problems. You do realize tho that Carrara has been out for more than a year? That means you probably bought RDS after Metacreations already had cancelled it. As for the hundred bucks you wont find a better offer. In fact for you its going to be $150 b/c you arnt upgrading from the correct program. Think of the $150 as dumping RDS and getting an entirely new 3d program + a ton of great plug-inns + a $400 modeler. The fact was that the point release patch for carrara was good enough but free AMAPI and the plug-inns made it almost criminal not to pay the extra $$$ I never used RDS but everyone says that Carrara is a lot better. I guess you can move to another 3d program but where can you go for $150? I suggest you go download the demo for Carrara and see how you like it.