Interested in 5.5 with patches along with the Ray Dream Handbook by Patchett Sledd that includes 1400 models in RD4 format. Also have training pack CD for Studio 5. Send e-mail if interested. Steve

Well done scifirex! When I first saw the render I thought I was up against one of the original artists of the movie! Enjoy the glory!!!

That1guy, you are not alone. It sounds like you have plenty of machine but being an XP user myself, and experiencing some of the same woes, I wonder if Carrara1.1 was really designed to run on that platform. Sorry I can't offer any advice since I couldn't find a fix to my problems but if you ever come across a fix or workaround PLEASE let me know so that I can use my program again. It is useless on my machine. Best of luck! SET

pix, thanks for all that I'm glad to here V2 runs smoothly on your machine. About the Dell you mentioned, and I'm sure it's not the name brand but I'm running C1.1 on a loaded Dell/WinXP and am completely frustrated. All other programs seem to run fine. I'm submitting to the contest today with an unfinished piece. There was so much I wanted to do with it but couldn't. Thanks again, SET

I posted some Q's 9/16/02 here but didn't get too many answers which makes me wonder if C 1.1 doesn't get along with Win XP. A new problem surfaced as I copied a model from one scene and pasted to another, lost all shaders and it picked up another shader from somewhere. Took forever to fix. Another would be reflections on a metalic surface coming from an object with those properties turned off. Even with every light in the house turned off (including ambient) it still reflects out in the black abyss. Any help would be great. Anyone else if having problems on XP?

Love chedder on cheese burgers but lean towards pan fried limburger. Seems to take care of the dog smells in the house. Dog prefers it over a stinky sock. I am considered a "cheese head" seeing I live one hour from Packer stadium. Sorry to say I've pretty much given up on C1.1 because of a multitude of problems the program is presenting. I seem to spend more time trying to figure out what went wrong than actual modelling. No one can identify the problems so I think it's best to move on to a different program. To bad cause I really thought Carrara was an awsome package as Ray Dream had been. I'll still follow this forum in hopes of finding some fixes and to laugh along with the interesting folks here! I'm out of breath but will try to get the art to the contest. Steve Steve

Thanks Patrick. Can you tell I'm new here?

And how do I get rid of that (delete) key at the end of the subject line?