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Roger, I didn't catch all the early stuff in this thread, but I would like to disagree strongly with you about one point. IPAS definitely belongs OUTSIDE the mainline code. The guys at Impulse and other places are bragging about fireworks built-in. Great! What if I don't want fireworks? In addition, where will it end? What the Yost guys have done here is brilliant! Because of the extensibility of 3DS, you can write or buy ANYTHING you want! Not so with most other programs. There is no end. If Gary Yost was the sayer of all sooths known to man and had unlimited resources, then he could predict and program every possible routine we would ever want. But he is not and never will be. He has given us a system consisting of one of the most powerful 3D animation systems ever run on a PC platform AND a method by which we can extend its capabilities limited only by our imaginations and programming prowess. There are things to like and dislike about any software program, but this particular point is hard to defend. If the only routines available were those from Yost Group and there was no developer's kit, then I would agree that they shoulda put them in the code. What about Pyros' Action IPAS routines? Look at the Yost IPAS stuff as coming from a different company than 3DS and I believe you'll agree. But then, this is just my opinion… Doug Wolfgram