Well, it worked fine on my desktop at home, so it's either a memory issue (but I've had as many as four vic/mikes at once) or some compatibility issue with the laptop. I'll try porting over both the .obj and .rsr to the laptop... maybe the original installation file got screwy? Needless to say, thanks again for your quick response. Now that I know the hair works, I may have to take a look at what those other cities have to offer...