Thanks for all of the suggestions peeps. I really appreciate it. gives me some things to work on and hopefully I can learn something. I probably won't because I didn't realize it render correctly from both sides even if it doesn't show correctly in the preview. Thus I can Get by with that small bit of knowledge without actually having to better myself in any way.

It's a mapping issue for sure... and Carrara sets display ok in Carrara... but not in anything else apparently.

Phil. I would never presume to waste your valuable time with my nonsense but it  certainly speaks well of you (once again) that you'd even offer!

I was using 2 planes in the "example". I haven't come up with a good way to make muzzel flashes, fireballs etc. other than mapping an image to a plane and then duplicating the object, rotate to 45°, 90° etc...etc... so it's fisible from all sides.

My Gallery image "Splash one" shows how poorly this works however.

Thanks again all.

 

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