It appears that Vue 5 will use the plant models made in Vue 4 Pro- so just in case I went to E-on's site and downloaded all the free Vue 4 Pro plants they had (a lot!) Do all these plants ALSO come on the Vue 5 CD's? Also- I assume Vue 5 also comes with a collection of HDRI data- and can (I would suspect) that other 3rd Party HDRI files be also used in Vue (meaning the files used for creating lighting ambience)? Just looking for things to do while awaiting Vue 5 arrival.

Yes, the Bonus plants for Vue 4 Pro from E-on come on the Vue 5 cd's. Any 3rd party HDRI images can be used by Vue, I'm not sure how many samples are available as not many were available to the beta users but then again not many sample scenes were available either so it is likely they have more samples shipping on the cd's.

I'm still waiting for the !@#$ thing to ship! Still says prepping :(. Hope it gets here before I go on vacation at EOM.

Attached Link: http://hdri.cgtechniques.com/~sponza/

Thanks for the info. Getting excited about trying out the HDRI settings. Here's something to look at for those waiting for their Vue 5 package to arrive. It's a website where they have a HDRI challenge. LOTS of good information here, plus links to other HDRI websites. This is also the place to download the Sponza file that E-on used as their HDRI demo image. Its available in many formats (but not in Vue format). I got the OBJ version to try out.

Where might that download place be Veritas777???? TIA :) Been toodling around over there & only see 1 download...

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Look at the top of the site, in green letters: Login, Register, Search, DOWNLOAD, etc. Under DOWNLOAD you can pick the original file: GET HERE, or below that, files in: MAX 3DS DXF OBJ etc.

BTW the Sponza cathedral is one of the scenes that come with Vue 5, you'll get it when you buy it. I did a small render of it with Vue 5 changing E-on's radiosity settings for my own (see my big thread)