A Lot Of Time Over Nothing

Hey everybody!

Over the weekend I decided to do a little research about the controls that go into the player character. I soon learn that the people who write the Unity tutorials know how to spend 100 pages teaching you absolutely nothing.

I'm considering switching the game engine I use

Terrain Trouble

I begin today experimenting with Unity's terrain creator. Appearently Unity is built so you can easily create complex terrains within a short amount of time. I spend a lot of time making a mountain range that curves around in a bowl shape.
I go to the Game tab to see how it works, and see I didn't add lights to the scene. I do a little research, and add a lightbulb-style light to the scene.
I am still disatisfied with the gray texture the terrain has. I do some more research and add a rocky texture to the terrain. I don't even know if i am even going to use this terrain in the game, but it looks really cool. A lot cooler than gray.
I add more detail to the terrain, then I try to add trees, then Unity crashes. I lost all of that data so I'll have to start over. But I still feel satisfied learning all of the stuff I need to make terrain.

Basic Interface Interests

Right now I'm reading a tutorial on the basic interface of Unity. It looks a little difficult, but nothing I shouldn't figure out sooner or later. It seems Unity constantly updates the file you are using for the project. I may have lighting issues with this. I can also personalize the viewing area to my needs.
Everything seems to be catagorized into four basic catagories.
-GameObject
-Materials
-Textures (A subcatagory for materials)
-Animations
I don't know anything about programming yet, but I'll try to learn about this soon.