I am working on a bird bath. It uses a particle emitor set to run for 1 min. @24 frames/sec. I just want to skip ahead to the end and have the water already pooling in the bath and still running in the fountain. Here is what I have so far. It needs work. My question is: Each time I skip to the end or move at all in the timeline I have the "simulating particles preview" pop up and I have to wait. Sometimes when I "escape" out of it, I don't get all the particles or other things happen. Do I have to wait for this or is it a visual thing in the set up room. I am now seeing that if I make changes to the spline object bird bath, the changes don't stay. This is very strange. I've checked the timeline and don't see change over time in key frames. Thanks

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