1st - Congratulations Tony! ... thanks

2nd - I am not sure about the "smoothing angle" in Meta ... I played with Meta a bit when I was trying do some models for FMS. I think you will have to set the smoothing angle for each object again. With regards to materials it seems to import the UVW's ok so all you need to do is create a new material that uses the tga as a texture.

3rd -Any comments about the new "Expansion Pack"? … I think it’s a good thing. I’m just guessing but there must be a point where the new sales slow down and its easier to get an existing customer to purchase an upgrade/add-on than getting a new customer altogether (Ipacs must think the same!) I look at this way … hopefully this will pay for the development time needed to create the new features we keep asking for. If KE ran out of money we would never get any new features.

4th -Do you think there are 13 other guys making new aircraft for G3? … I think there are 13 other guys who signed up for beta. It’s a shame more people haven’t managed to create new aircraft. At least the guys at KE have been quick to respond to our questions (and they have just released an updated beta version BTW)