Generic Linked List class

I am using a linked list to contain all of the objects in my 3d engine, but I never really learned how to use templates. I used a book I have to understand the syntax, but I am getting errors from msvc when I try to access the members of an object embedded deep within templated classes. The Linked list class can accept any kind of object (camera, light, or just a regular 3dobject) in its Insert member function, and then sends this to the constructor for the Node class which is also templated. The problem is when I try to access individual data members of an object. ObjectList.GetCurrentNode()->object.(here''s the problem)pos.x; ObjectList: instance of linked list class GetCurrentNode(): returns current Node object: some kind of 3d object pos: instance(?) of struct that only occurs in one of the 3 kinds of 3d objects I am using x: member of pos struct I think the reason I am having problems is that I might not be able to access things like the struct inside of the object because not every kind of object I''m using has that struct as a member. If anyone could quickly give me an answer to my problem or suggest a better way of handling this stuff, I would be most appreciative. Thank you, Mike Griffin griff@umr.edu