I liked Elidor a lot! I like the fantasy scenes that transport you to another world and that is what elidor does for me.

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I have the base package and the enhanced textures. I did a picture this weekend with a minor mod of the base textures. I'll have to post it . . . I then went out and bought the texture pack. My only minor gripe about the texture pack was that some of the "poses" that change the materials didn't work right. Some of the suit components came in as transparent so that I had to play with those to get to work . . . The textures themselves are pretty good - I really like the "Drow" Textures in the map pack. . .

Sorry to see yet another resource withdrawn - but your creations are yours to do with as you wish. You have my support (for what it is worth) for your decision & my thanks for your many contributions to the community!

Thanks! It's down loaded!

Thanks ! That looks like a really useful material. . .

I bought dragon factory at regular price -- $50 is a steal . . .I recommend it.

Thanks for the model! It looks like it should work out pretty good! I know about the survival thing since I was in work all day yesterday - I dislike 1 day weekends!

Great prop . . . I wish I could get something out of Amapi - - -!!!

I think I'm going to subscribe when I get back from my vacation!

I'd be interested in something like that. Also, a nice set of basic textures would be good too! Price is hard to say . . . It would depend on the package's combination of versitility, quality, etc. For instance, if the set was versatile enough to recreate all of the Mech Warrior mechs -- well that would be worth a lot. If it was just variants on a standard man-shaped mech -- well I wouldn't pay nearly as much for that . . .

1. Interface 2. Poser Imports 3. Vegetations 5. Speed I don't think that I ever really got use to the Bryce interface while Vue seemed natural to me. The Poser import function in Vue 4 works pretty good with the updates (but I did hit a problem last night). The VUE vegetations are superb. Bryce 5 seems slower than Bryce 4. Vue is fast . . . The new Bryce tree generator is decent but not as nice as Vue vegetations. I did like the Bryce spraycan feature . . . I'm very pleased with the customer support for Vue. I had a problem that I thought was a Vue issue (it wasn't) and I got prompt responses to my e-mails. I've even received some follow up e-mails that I really appreciated . . . I haven't tried all of the Bryce 5 features (metaballs for example) - but I think that the upgrade is only mildly satisfying. The Vue upgrade (after the first patch) was really quite a nice improvement in the program . . .

Max-: Having used both Vue 3.4/4 and Bryce 4, I personally prefer the capabilities of Vue. In particular I find the Vue interface more intuitive. I think that the solid growth plants in VUE are simply awesome. The inclusion of direct Poser imports (albeit with a few bugs right now) and volumetrics rounded out the list of things that I thought VUE needed. However, I think that your particular needs should be what drive your decision as to which software to purchase. I think that it is pretty obvious that there have been many good renderings from both pieces of software. I think that software support is important too. Right now Vue 4 has a few teething problems (some glitches in Poser Imports). I fully expect these to be solved in a timely fashion and Vue 3.1 was always very stable on my machines & operating systems. (I've run it on pentium systems as well as athlon systems - on Win98SE and Win2000Pro). I would second the advice about trying one of the demo versions. If you like how things operate in the demo and the interface - go for VUE. If you find that you dislike the Vue interface or features (note Vue 4 has added volumetrics!) -- stick with the Bryce path. Good Luck with your decision; Allan

I've never had problems with lockups of Vue under Win2k. I've run 3.1 under SP1 & SP2. I just got Vue 4 and so far have had no anomolies . . .

I normally use them for coasters myself . . . .