I think good documentations, good tutorials whit explatnations, Help a lot to get your feet wet. and walk alone. The things i like whit DBpro is they re document evry command whit exemples, and sort by categories(3d, sound, images). After the engine brake the limit of your mind whit all this bugs .
I m in the same situation iknow well dbpro.
and want go to Bmax or c++ But dont really where to start. c++,lua, framework, ect ...