diff --git a/away3d/animators/ParticleAnimationSet.hx b/away3d/animators/ParticleAnimationSet.hx
index f65fcf9b..d28eec79 100644
--- a/away3d/animators/ParticleAnimationSet.hx
+++ b/away3d/animators/ParticleAnimationSet.hx
@@ -297,6 +297,8 @@ class ParticleAnimationSet extends AnimationSetBase implements IAnimationSet
 			animationSubGeometry.createVertexData(subGeometry.numVertices, _totalLenOfOneVertex);
 		}
 		
+		calculateParticleOffsets(mesh);
+		
 		if (newAnimationSubGeometry == false)
 			return;
 		
@@ -344,6 +346,12 @@ class ParticleAnimationSet extends AnimationSetBase implements IAnimationSet
 						break;
 					}
 				}
+				
+				if(j < animationSubGeometry.animationParticleOffset + animationSubGeometry.animationParticles.length) {
+					j++;
+					continue;
+				}
+				
 				numVertices = particle.numVertices;
 				vertexData = animationSubGeometry.vertexData;
 				vertexLength = numVertices*_totalLenOfOneVertex;
@@ -366,7 +374,6 @@ class ParticleAnimationSet extends AnimationSetBase implements IAnimationSet
 						
 						counterForVertex += _totalLenOfOneVertex;
 					}
-					
 				}
 				
 				//store particle properties if they need to be retreived for dynamic local nodes
@@ -382,5 +389,24 @@ class ParticleAnimationSet extends AnimationSetBase implements IAnimationSet
 			//next particle
 			i++;
 		}
+		
+		calculateParticleOffsets(mesh);
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Will throw an error if a sub-mesh lacks an AnimationSubGeometry; only
+	 * call this after creating them all.
+	 */
+	private function calculateParticleOffsets(mesh:Mesh):Void
+	{
+		var particleOffset:Int = 0;
+		for (subMesh in mesh.subMeshes) {
+			var subGeometry:AnimationSubGeometry = mesh.shareAnimationGeometry
+				? _animationSubGeometries[subMesh.subGeometry]
+				: subMesh.animationSubGeometry;
+			
+			subGeometry.animationParticleOffset = particleOffset;
+			particleOffset += subGeometry.animationParticles.length;
+		}
 	}
 }
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diff --git a/away3d/animators/ParticleAnimator.hx b/away3d/animators/ParticleAnimator.hx
index d605aa10..ce33695f 100644
--- a/away3d/animators/ParticleAnimator.hx
+++ b/away3d/animators/ParticleAnimator.hx
@@ -157,6 +157,7 @@ class ParticleAnimator extends AnimatorBase implements IAnimator
 		animatorSubGeometry.createVertexData(subGeometry.numVertices, _totalLenOfOneVertex);
 		
 		//pass the particles data to the animator subGeometry
+		animatorSubGeometry.animationParticleOffset = subMesh.animationSubGeometry.animationParticleOffset;
 		animatorSubGeometry.animationParticles = subMesh.animationSubGeometry.animationParticles;
 	}
 }
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diff --git a/away3d/animators/data/AnimationSubGeometry.hx b/away3d/animators/data/AnimationSubGeometry.hx
index 00ccfc19..0664de0b 100644
--- a/away3d/animators/data/AnimationSubGeometry.hx
+++ b/away3d/animators/data/AnimationSubGeometry.hx
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ class AnimationSubGeometry
 	
 	public var previousTime:Float = Math.NEGATIVE_INFINITY;
 	
+	public var animationParticleOffset:Int = 0;
 	public var animationParticles:Vector<ParticleAnimationData> = new Vector<ParticleAnimationData>();
 	
 	public function new()
diff --git a/away3d/animators/states/ParticleStateBase.hx b/away3d/animators/states/ParticleStateBase.hx
index 43d4be03..871aa8aa 100644
--- a/away3d/animators/states/ParticleStateBase.hx
+++ b/away3d/animators/states/ParticleStateBase.hx
@@ -60,13 +60,19 @@ class ParticleStateBase extends AnimationStateBase
 		var animationParticle:ParticleAnimationData = null;
 		
 		//			var numParticles:uint = _positions.length/dataLength;
-		var numParticles:Int = _dynamicProperties.length;
-		var i:Int = 0;
+		var particleOffset:Int = animationSubGeometry.animationParticleOffset;
+		var numParticles:Int = animationParticles.length;
+		if(numParticles > _dynamicProperties.length - particleOffset) {
+			numParticles = _dynamicProperties.length - particleOffset;
+		}
+		
+		var i:Int = particleOffset;
 		var j:Int = 0;
 		var k:Int = 0;
 		
 		//loop through all particles
-		while (i < numParticles) {
+		while (i < particleOffset + numParticles) {
+			data = _dynamicProperties[i];
 			//loop through each particle data for the current particle
 			while (j < numParticles && (animationParticle = animationParticles[j]).index == i) {
 				data = _dynamicProperties[i];