Hi all .... just wanted to share my own experience with max 2014 (SP1 installed)..
earlier i asked about state sets ... well, they (autodesk) did it again. It's hard to believe but they made the state stes even more unstable, now when i open a max2013 scene in 2014 i have to redo all the state sets because if i try to change any kind of setting (with the record button on) it dosen't record anything ... i complained to autodesk but i'm still waiting for their excuse.
The other wonderful thing they did is take out the ''Output Gamma'' for bitmaps in the Gamma/Lut menu ... i'm rendering tons of pngs with transparancy, it now applies the gamma 2.2 a second time when saving the image ... dosen't do the same thing if i save to jpeg.
so, thank you Autodesk ... again