SL: I checked the framerate right after it happened...varied from about 115 to as much as 240 (dependant on "visual complexity" ?) and twice dipped below 100, but so quick that I couldn't read it. Arolte: Yeah, dude, sorry that you're getting it too. I checked my download speed (w/Broadband Reports) and was getting about 670k...not bad considering I'm on the "ragged edge" of the local loop (I'm on DSL). Syntopicon: What you describe sounds a LOT like the probs I was having before 3.2.X. But that prob has not recurred for me....Yet? Did you notice my post elsewhere regarding "stuttering screen"? When I first exit the station, The images stutters or "strobes", the "activate chime" sounds repeatedly, the message "Press activate key to dock" repeats about 8 times, and a bunch of objects in the distance can be seen exploding. Related or what? Thanx for the input, guys!

My problem was ZoneAlarm...it seems it doesnt like Vendetta too much...oh well, I have two more firewalls up that are fine with vendetta, not much loss there...a firewall for each layer of a network is fun ;)