Get it all fired up again - it might spark me into more too LOL! I still have a deep love for Carrara (I barely scratch the surface of what it is capable of doing) but I've been toying with using Daz Studio and/or Blender and/or Poser too. Daz is still leaving me cold though because of a) how they abandoned their Carrara base and b) MOST of their products these days don't work well in Carrara OR Poser. Still figuring all this stuff out, just not enough time to do much, and NO you are not the only one in the straits you outlined. Take care, good to see one of the old guard getting active again!