As the topic states i'm trying to make two surfaces that are animated to a nurbs circle using animation path, with the addition of the "fire effect" attached to them in maya 8.5 Unlimited. I want to make them start at the bottom then race around the circle then at the top collide, as an aesthetic addition to this I want to create a flat plane underneath these two surfaces where it is reflecting the "fire effects". I was naive when I thought it would be as easy as turning the reflectivity up of my material on the surface, HAHA yeah right!
Uhm another thing i'm on os x with my comp stats as:
Model Name: Mac Pro
Model Identifier: MacPro1,1
Processor Name: Dual-Core Intel Xeon
Processor Speed: 2.66 GHz
Number Of Processors: 2
Total Number Of Cores: 4
L2 Cache (per processor): 4 MB
Memory: 2 GB