When I mentioned 'Blitz3D2' below, I was thinking about swapping out the current 3d engine in Blitz3D for the new one - language/IDE remain the same. Haven't given this much serious thought (and probably shouldn't have mentioned it) as Max/3D kind of renders the idea redundant. Still, there may be people who prefer the simpler b3d language and ide? Community response so far seems to indicate this is indeed so, but it still a 'maybe' for now...
Im glad you have been reading the posts i wouldnt blame you if you were sick of people posting about b3d2.
Im still using blitz3d for a long running project with JV-ode and ive got blitzmax which im learning slowly, so intergrated ode in a blitz3d like module sounds like a dream come true!
Id also be one of the many people who would like blitz3d2 because im very slow at programming and i find blitz3d easyer at the moment.