On one of those screen shots it does look like theres a setting for a linear workflow in MR, that will save a mess about.

One thing anyone got used to nparticles yet?

Think i'm getting old, just use them and get frustrated and go back to original ones! Just thought of that as i'm making an object burst into sparks and just went for ol school ones!

On the modeling side, it makes maya easier to teach to people if the tools stay the same!