Hello all :) Being new to the whole game development scene I am pretty clueless on quite a few aspects on the process of game development.. One area I am trying to figure out this week is what developers use to create their environments and characters.... I know the basics about creating the game engines to control the physics of the games environments and the actual game it's self, but I am at a loss as to what programs are commonly used [if there is a common set in this area] in the creation of character models and environments.. Some of the better games on the market come with their own editors so fans can create their own maps and skins and so on, but is that what all/most developers do, make their own 3d editors for the creation of character models and environments?? Or are there popular applications that one can obtain, that developers use to create such things?? Any help or hints/advice on this is appreciated thanks :) Hyp007