1. In the various file selection screens (e.g. loading par files), I can't get to other directories. There's no '..' like in DOS fractint, or any subdirectories. I could live with this except for... 2. How do you set default paths? I have a directory for pars, one for frms, etc. Xfractint seems to only look in the directory that I start it from. 3. This par was posted to the list about a month ago by SherLock Merfy; I finally tried to render it today. It starts out fine, but fractint eventually hangs and I have to kill it. Out_Of_Orbit {; Animation. Border tracing _treats_ periodicity, ; too. How would you check if the white line is dithered? ; Default map is too sticky in FRACTINT. reset=2003 type=mandel passes=b periodicity=-11 showorbit=yes center-mag=-0.765332/6.66134e-016/0.7772216/1.4732/90/3.88578058618804\ 789e-016 params=0/0 float=y maxiter=255 fillcolor=1 sound=beep colors=000<4>00000000zzz0000<4>000z000zzz0zzz00zzz0zyy00yyy0yxx00xxx0x\ ww00www0www00www0wvv00vvv0vuu00uuu0utt00ttt0tss00sss0sss00sss0srr00rrr\ 0rqq00qqq0qpp00ppp0poo00ooo0ooo00ooo0onn00nnn0nmm00mmm0mll00lll0lll00k\ kk0kkk00kkk0kjj00jjj0jii00iii0ihh00hhh0hhh00hhg0ggg00ggg0gff00fff0fee0\ 0eee0edd00ddd0ddd00ddc0ccc00ccc0cbb00bbb0baa00aaa0aaa00```0```00``_0__\ _00___0_ZZ00ZZZ0ZYY00YYY0YYY00XXX0XXX00XXX0XWW00WWW0WVV00VVV0VUU00UUU0\ UUU00TTT0TTT00TTT0TSS00SSS0SRR00RRR0RQQ00QQQ0QQQ00QQP0PPP00PPP0POO00OO\ O0ONN00NNN0NNN00MMM0MMM00MML0LLL00LLL0LKK00KKK0KJJ00JJJ0JJJ00III0III00\ IIH0HHH00HHH0HGG00GGG0GFF00FFF0FFF00EEE0EEE00EED0DDD00DDD0DCC00CCC0CCC\ 00BBB0BBB00BBA0AAA00AA909990099909880088808880077707770077606660066606\ 550055505440044404440033303330033202220022202110011101000 } Thanks, JK