Vlado-
Just come across this interesting problem.
I have made an animated proxy of this fairy and it renders fine in the scene but when I add it to a PFLOW system as an animated shape instance it becomes triangulated as seen in the attached render.
Any ides why this might happen?
3dsmax 2009 x64 vray 1.5sp2
could that be the the proxy viewport preview converted to mesh?
Looks cooler than the actual model 
yeah it is the preview from file of the proxy
Yep, PFlow simply takes the viewport preview of the proxy.
Best regards,
Vlado
is there any way around that?
There was a script somewhere that made actual instances of the proxy at the locations of the particles, but PFlow cannot do this natively.
Best regards,
Vlado
thats annoying.
The animated proxy was a nice efficient option to use.
Bobo explains scripting it here http://www.scriptspot.com/bobo/mxs5/pflow/pflow\_\_MovingObjects.htm
thanks eric.