ha, so true Adam! Been trying to use since V6, and I am using V10 Xstream today. I think they finally built a stable version (not nearly as many hangs as in (9/9.5). For atmospheres- environments - terrains (plants rocks water) it's great, but for cornucopia object content, well, I better get some sleep first. I am working on an extension of this tutorial:
http://library.creativecow.net/articles/gaton_jiggy/c4d_poser_vue_integrati..., and hopefully will get an answer from E-On soon so I can explain this process (replacing shaders with your own)...cheers!
ps. If you want to try at home, I am just trying to replace the decals on the ferrari panels found in the file at /Scenes/Showcase/12_Product Showcase.vue on the Xtras DVD.