Hi bloodsong Here, I hope, are the answers to your questions. I had the same problem as you with truespace2 and it is still sitting in its CD case somewhere so I am no more familiar with it than you. I checked the Computer Arts truespace3/SE giveaway and it does come with online help and some animated tutorials. Not the manual but better than nothing. In addition if you check out www.caligari.com there are a number of truespace3 tutorials posted there but also go to the links as some of these contain further tutorials and links to other tutorials and resources. There also appear to be number of published books on using truespace. At first glance the truespace community does not seem to be as prolific in terms of downloadable resources and tutorials as the Bryce or Poser ones, but more on a par with Ray Dream Studio, but I would be very glad to be corrected on this. Any truespace users out there that know better please share your links as they would be very welcome. As for ordering the Computer Arts Specials online it appears you can do this at www.computerarts.co.uk and they also offer a back issue sales service depending on stock levels. The Specials tend to get sold out fairly quickly. I hope this helps.