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Ah! I get it now, my thanks to you both for your detailed explanations. Huge help! Wish I could give you guys more than 1 cookie...

I'm really sorry DR, but I must be stuck on ultra-slow today. I'm not sure how to interpret these two statements against what I just did. Since I moved a rock that spanned 3 cells to a position slightly back, but still touching all 3 cells, and no other new cells, do I need to now rename the other two cells? Or because it's still in all 3 and only those original 3, but in a very slightly different position, will it be fine without renaming the other two? I guess I just should rename them to be thorough and safe...

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Adding my own belated welcome as well! Am also new. Hope to see your around the tutorials.

I hate to double-post, but since this is a wholly new and different question I wanted to distinguish it from my earlier reply. Also, I realize this is probably another thick question, so my apologies. It's stated that we shouldn't move an item from a cell into a different cell when working in the great outdoors worldspace, (at least not without renaming the affected cell along with the one we're modding), as the game remembers what items belong in each cell, and doing so can create conflicts. So, what if we want to move an object that already spans your cell and another, or perhaps 2 other cells? Not move it enough to remove it from any of the ones it spans, and not enough to remove it from the cell I'm modding either, but moving it just enough to give a little more room in the section of the cell I'm working in that it crosses... Will it be OK if it's still in all the cells it originally occupied, but just a slightly different position? Or do I still need to rename those other cells so for now I shouldn't touch it? Thanks!

Thank you WillieSea, but that wasn't really an answer to my question, though I appreciate your time and response. But 'C' really is the Y axis, not X axis. X and Z axes are stil the 'X' and 'Z' keys respectively. I know you can't interact with the void, but what clicking it does do is de-delect anything you happen to have selected at that time, which is why I assume the Lesson 2 instructions I quoted tell you to click on it. I realize there are other ways to de-select too. Oh, guh! Y switched with C. Thinking about it now, I knew that too. Ran into it when I tried to use Y and had a WTH moment. I eventually figured out C was Y for some reason but totally wrote off what Y did that made me blink to begin with. Brillant. Thank you!

I have been lurking my way through searches and am not finding an answer easily that can halp me figure this out, so am hoping if I ask here it will save me some time and I can just get on with lessons. Sorry if this is a bit thick of me... From lesson 2: This keystroke doesn't work for me... In fact I am finding that there are a couple that don't work for me, as I go along. Earlier in this thread there was mention of the 'c' keystroke having been remapped to rotating things on the Y axis, specifically havoked items but I am seeing it do this for others as well. At first I thought it should only work for the Y axis rotation if an object is selected and by selecting nothing, (clicking on the grey background of the cell), should keep the "swing alongside" working? But: And clicking on the grey void doesn't work for me either, regardless... So I'm wondering if the 'swing alongside' command has changed as well in a CK update and the lesson has not been updated with it? And if so, what is the new keystroke? I can't find it in the hotkeys menu... but my 'skim for content' skills are terrible, so I'm very possibly missing it. The other keystroke I've wondered about is mentioned as different since an update earlier in this thread as well. I haven't tried the new one mentioned yet, but will come ask again if it also doesn't work for me.

My Dad had a C64, and a Vic20 as well. I remember them fondly. One of the first video games I ever remember playing was called "Gold Rush" and the BASIC code for it came in Compuserve Magazine - I think it was, but might have been something else from back then too. I entered all the code, learned what "debugging" was pretty fast, and then got to play it. I loved the game. Never been able to find it again though, not like some you can still find the occasional emulator for. I also remember playing the tape cassettes in my player, wondering what computer language sounded like. LOL! Because of his job, Dad had the latest stuff soon after it came out, so we got a IIe pretty fast and retired the c64. He still had all three computers until about 5 years ago. Cleared out their basement and found them. He said they still worked too, or at least they still booted, but then threw them out. I was appalled, I wish he had given them to me. Have you seen these? Commodore 64x

LOL I was going to mention Tom's too. Been going to both for some time, great sites both. For people with Laptops, Notebook Review is also a great resource for all kinds of computer interests - especially the gaming laptop and laptop modding community.

Ah Nostalgia! Apple IIe and then DOS... I sadly missed Pools of Darkness, but the books were good. Awesome! It still surprises me how many people don't remember that series. Thanks so much for the warm welcome everyone. Off to nom cookies...

W00t! Cookies! My Favorite! Yum! Thanks donnato and grond, and thanks for the welcomes.

Ah, the introduction post... never know what to say in these. So how about Hi! Nice to meet all you good people. I'm an unrepentant lurker with occasional social tendencies. I've been a gamer since I was a kid, everything from King's Quest to D&D. Prolly dated myself there, didn't I? LOL In recent years I've been more of a console gamer - largely from laziness. A friend raved and raved about Skyrim Modding and I found myself curious enough to get drawn back to PC gaming. Now I've finally got a bug in my head about something I really badly want to mod, and so have begun to lurk my way through the tools. The word in the shadows is this is The place to go to learn. I'm very much looking forward to it.