Yeah done that.... well something mysterious happened... everything just started to work :). I do really appreciate the answers from you mtmckinley. I do have another question though, and it's about...

Well I noticed that the flame-effect is shown as squares in the perspective-window instead. Would really appreciate if you could tell me how you can make it into those circular shapes instead.

Thank you for your response.

This is strange. I checked that it was checked and it was. Then I opened a file that came along with the tutorial and there it worked fully. This is how I try to add...

I just began using Maya and I'm new to 3D-modelling. I'm doing the Learning Maya 7 Foundation tutorial now (Alias training guide book) and everything has gone fine though I'm stuck now because of a...