Thank you very much for your help, thefixer!

Yeah thanks,
I checked that page and I know the challenge I entered was newer than the one shown as the latest, I think it was in the fall (Aug/Sept 07) 
The theme was something like "fantasy environments."
Maybe there's something wrong with how I'm viewing it.

The newest challenge I see is May-June 2007.
Surely there have been challenges since then.

Thanks all!

Thanks, I'll try to find out who did those.

Thanks a lot, folks!

Thanks for the advice, unfortunately, the file is from another company and I have no contact with it's creator. I'll try updating & see if that helps.

Thanks for the replies and samples folks! Carrara obviously has potential in a pro environment toolset.

Mark: That's a nice representation, all that was done with Carrera? Have you used other apps, like C4D or Maya? If so how does Carrera compare? I hope I'm not coming off as insulting, but the replies aren't exactly raining down in support of Carrera as a pro solution. Anyone else use Carrera professionally?

I musta missed the news, thanks!

Thanks Peggy, very informative pdf. I'll run some tests using your guide.

Nice stuff, thanks!

I think RENDEROSITY has Vue stuff & freebies too. :biggrin:

I'm baa-ack. I did a little digging into the test PZ3 I was using and also the associated prop pp2 files. The pp2 files with embedded obj information would load just fine, the PZ3 copies the info. The pp2 files that reference an external obj geometry file won't load in Vue. These also had a syntax error in the path which I assume Poser just copies into the PZ3 (it was the same). The pp2s didn't include ":Downloads" or lowercase ":runtime." which is where I keep 'em. So editing the PZ3 works around this. I've also found that Vue6 in OSX doesn't like slashes (/) as separators in the path; only colons (:). I think Poser does a search every time it loads a file, so it finds the geometry. Apparently Vue doesn't search, at least not outside it's own app folder, so chances are good it won't load it. Unfortunately, it also doesn't ASK to find the missing file either, boo. Let me know if this helps or is not correct. I've gotten all to load now, even PROP HAIR (omg). :)

Well, I've been trying to import PZ3s to both new, empty scenes and previously saved ones. And also I have used the PLE version with the same results. I doubt if they update the PLE. I guess work arounds are always possible, I just needed some definite answers on what was available. I assumed e-on was making their software from the top-down, disabling features for the lower cost versions, that's why, if there's a fix for Infinite, there should easily be one for Esprit (I thought), but who knows? Thanks for your input. I appreciate it. Let the waiting begin...