Since I am no longer competing I am proceeding with Ghosthunter. Should be ready for beta in a couple of weeks. I'm almost done with the graphics set which I'll be posting after the beta. The background mountain screens are in place yet because I want to get the vantage points set but these pics should give an idea of where Ghosthunter is going.
Here is the COMPLETE list of applications I use to create mansions
MAC
Bryce 6.1 - Photoshop CS2 - DAZ Studio - Hexagon 2 - Poser 7 - Carrara Pro - Toon Boom Studio - After Effects - Final Cut Express - Audacity - Soundtrack Pro - Garageband - iTunes - Soundflowerbed - Sound Hack -Resourcerer - Rezilla - Excel - Midnight Mansion 1.06 (YES 1.06)
PC
Genetica Pro - Texture Converter - Clothes Converter - Poser 7 - DAZ Studio - Morph Designer - Particles 2, 3 - Particle Illusion
Want to know what they do just look them up.
joeb
ps - Yes I do use Excel to do mansion layout. It's a much better grid tool because I paste Matts blueprints into the cells as pictures as well as finished rooms. Sometimes on big mansions it's easier to SEE the whole mansion than in the editor (NO COMPLAINT HERE VERN!!!!) because I don't have to scroll and I can follow the path through the mansion easier. In the case of SFJ it's essential as the map is roughly 60 rooms wide.