Crashing Question.....

[chadw]

I have a file in 3dmax 9 which today has decided to crash every 30 sec or so. Was working on it yesterday and had no issue...... I have tried merging it into a new file, as well as merging only parts and leaving out others. Try as I might it keeps crashing. Is there some way that I can purge or audit a 3dmax file? thanks much

[diegofer_9]

Hey Chad,

There's no purge as far as I know, but if you are suing DirectX as the Display, you might want to try and switch to OpenGL. It works for me for whatever reason. Just go to Customize/Preferences and you will find it there, You'll have to close and re-open max. Let us know if it works for you.

Best, D.

[chadw]

Hmmmm..

 

Not seeing that under my Preferences....

Is there somewhere I might find it.

 

thanks

 

Chad

[chutti]

Go to the start menu all programs/autodesk/max9/change graphics mode.....

[chadw]

WOW.....

 

so I was able to change my graphic setup, however that crashes my computer everytime I open the problem file. I should say I am running Vista w/ Max 9 (I do have ALL of the updates and support packs)... I am going to trying running the file on an XP machine and see if that helps. Any other suggestions????

[gfa2]

Try software mode instead of Direct3D or OpenGL. That should really dummy it down. It'll be slow as hell, but it may work.