Light and targets moved when open a file

[RyanDocteu]

I had this situation in max 2016. i had a lot of target lights in an scene, all their targets positioned under the corresponding light. The problem is when i close the file and open again, all the light targets appear moved!! My only solution until now, is to select all the lights and move, then undo that pass (ctr+z) and all the lights appear again but this time with their target in the correct position!! the annoying part is, i had to do this every time i open the file.

someone can gave me some advice?

[James Vella]

check your maxstart (default scene) units.

 

Check your current scene units.

 

If these mismatch then moving items between scenes can cause this. (or if you are importing models from another scene and adopting the scale)

 

TBH, ive never heard of this so this is just a guess based on some strange scenarios ive come across, my next thought would be try linking the lights to a Box, save, reopen the scene, if they are still in the correct position... then link them to boxes lol.

 

Sometimes this is the only way out...