I took up game programming a couple of years ago and in my ignorance wasted a lot of money on 3d modelling apps that although good in thrmselves were not aimed in any way to game programmers needs.The main problem was anim export formats. It seems that because of this there are some programs a gamer "must have." For me these include Ultimate unwrap, Milkshape, 3dworld studio, and maybe Quill 3d. Anyone like to add more to this list?