The Zygote .exe files are zip files with a "self extractor" option. If you are using Winzip 6.2 or 6.3 (the last decent Winzip, in my opinion) you need to download a "self extactor" addon. This will take the zipped file, add on just enough code to extract the zip, and give it a .exe extension. As far as coding the rest of it, if you're going to use Borland C, there are several good books on it. But you can learn an awful lot by disecting the examples in the "examples" directory. Especially the files in examplesowlapps. Draw, Pait, and Mthread will give you a good start on 2D stuff like UV Mapper. If you want to get into 3D apps, you might want to look at some of the OpenGL under OWL tutorials floating around on the web. IMO OpenGL is way easier to learn, faster, and more powerful than DirectX. And it will help you greatly if you ever want to port to Mac and/or Linux. Ciao! Joe