Thank you all for your advice and suggestions. Actually, the surface rep tut will help heal plenty of my wounds (thats an AWESOME tutorial btw). That will help w/ grass, trees, and even ground fog I suppose.

I dont find that the help guide does much in the way of practical applications of things. Its great for getting a basic understanding of the terms of features, but its only through discussion and visual guides do I ever get anything. I know what fog is, how to edit it, and have a basic understanding of the controls, but thats it. C5 is so huge, with so many options, you can sit around all day experimenting, which I am fond of, but sometimes you -dont- want to fly blind and its good to get input from other users... A PDF doesnt compare to the forums :)

I suppose its hard for all of us filling that huge gaping hole that is the sky (I look in the galleries often :P). I am getting rather tired of plopping in some wall or pre-rendered background. Would much rather have a sky that looks "real"... I know C5 can do it, Im in the learning process, its ok :P

So whats the deal w/ fire?!?

There are 3 kinds of people in the world. Those that can count, and those that can't..