I'm not at my computer now. But i think if you click on the open or import option box you can click something like "read old versions". That might help. It did for atleast Thanks for the reply! That makes sense, and on that note I looked up a video of someone doing that. The issue now is that I cant find the 'Ignore Version' option. This video I found is here; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43uM1LUR9vc. The Maya used is 2011.. And my Maya is 2014 version... I can find the 'Ignore Version' thing anywhere! I've attached a screenshot of what my import menu looks like. From all the research I think that the version at school is 2013, and I am using 2014. Something about Maya adding some new somesuch that makes the files unreadable in older versions. Still doesn't explain my problem... or how the heck I find the magical 'ignore version' button. And oddly enough few people want to open old stuff in 2014... most links are for opening 2014 in 2013. :/. -M.