Hi iiceman... welcome to the forum!  Fun project you have going, there.  If you wish, take a look at this... http://playground.babylonjs.com/#D1QNY See how I replaced the default BABYLON.ParticleSystem.prototype._update(newParticles)... with my own slightly modified version of _update?   (editor line 220) This doesn't solve your problem, but it allows you to more-easily experiment with modifications to the _update function.  The _update function, beit custom or default, services e