3DS Max 9 came in the mail last night! Its AWSOME! Though it is way too much like Max 8. The only difference I see is that its 32-bit, supports DirectX shaders and the like, and it has a whole freakin lot of more rendering power, which doesn't help with HL models, but is fantastic for skyboxes. As a sample of the rendering power, I made a new skybox for he second area of 6D.