Hello there, I have this problem and I transmit it to you expecting an answer:
-It's impossible to me to create something interesting with 3ds, and I manage much better with another 3d design app, called TrueSpace5. Does anyone know if there's any way to create maps with TrueSpace 5 instead of 3ds, or maybe with both at the same time (creating the map with TrueSpace 5 and then exporting it to 3ds max...)?
Thank you for reading and for replying (I hope :-P)