Thanks people for all your input. Before long I won''t be a DigiKid, I''ll have advanced to DigiTeen. Thanks for the help, and if anything else pops into your mind drop a line. Thanks!

-I prefer state machines. Much easier to understand.
-Something at verion 1.2 that does just about everything that something at version 8.0 does should be given credit.
-I picked up OpenGL programming in about a day. When I was interested in Direct3D stuff, I couldn''t pick it up after a week.

Please note, this is just an OPINION, not a flame. Direct3D is driven by comercialization, so will always have more features than OpenGL, but OpenGL is cross-platform, and also much easier to use. I just thought I might put a note here for those looking to learn 3D programming to start with OpenGL, then when they''ve picked up the basics, move to Direct3D (if they think it''s absolutely necessary).

Thanks to the person who posted above. I will check that out, I will probably still keep at the DirectX. Thanks again friend.