CompuServe Messages

Mitch, Everyone please excuse me for butting in, but I've been following this thread for some time now and feel something has to be said. While I totally agree that a third-party book which focuses on "tricks & tips", work-arounds, specific how-to's and the like is a good idea, I must take issue with your characterizations of the 3DSr2 documentation. As a user since it's it's original release (I was saving for TOPAS at the time), and an active member of the San Diego 3DS user's group (I personally field anywhere up to 25 phone calls a week for technical support from fellow users who are not on CIS yet), I feel I am in a position to comment responsibly on the content of the docs. It is a widely held opinion that the 3DS documentation is of the HIGHEST caliber, quite possibly the _best_ ever written for software on the personal computer platform. Of the many, many users I have come in contact with over the last few years, there have been virtually NO COMPLAINTS about the documentation at all. No, it doesn't tell you _everything_ you can do with the software, but it supplies a comprehensive basic understanding of _every_ operation 3DS is capable of. Yes, it is complicated, yes sometimes you have to follow it _very_ closely. Yes it can become a little tedious at times. But the close follower will be rewarded with the knowledge to do incredible things!… continued…