3d max crashes in smooth and highlights mode

[laumikey]

Hi all, not sure is this is the right section to post this. I've updated an old 3ds max work to vray with new vray maps to test. Now when I have smooth and highlights on in the viewport 3d max crashes. But when switched to open gl mode the viewport is dark... any suggestions of the cause of this? thanks

[Stephen Thomas]

Hi all, not sure is this is the right section to post this. I've updated an old 3ds max work to vray with new vray maps to test. Now when I have smooth and highlights on in the viewport 3d max crashes. But when switched to open gl mode the viewport is dark... any suggestions of the cause of this? thanks

 

I've had this problem before with Vray, in the material editor where you have the little symbol you can click to show mapping in viewport, make sure you only have it turned on for diffuse map only (or bump etc.) and not for the whole material.

[tayrona]

In the viewport configuration panel, activate:

Z-buffer wireframe objects, force 2-sided, Default lighting, 2 lights

[Ricardo Eloy]

I was having the same problem with 3ds max 9 SP2/VRay 1.5rc3. Turned out to be a problem with the Direct3D display, and once I changed to OpenGL it worked fine.

The Material Editor thing is, I guess, a bug. VRay didn't have the Display Map in Viewport option available for the entire material, only for map levels until rc3. Guess it's not working properly, yet.

[laumikey]

ok thanks