Named Selection Sets not working...help

[danb4026]

I am woking on a compicated object and need to use Named Selection Sets. For some reason, it wont allow me type into the "name selection set" dialog box or thru the "edit named selection sets". I simply can't do it.

 

I use max 2008 64bit with vista 64.

 

I am in Poly sub-objegct mode within edit mesh.

 

Anyone have this issue before?

[SandmanNinja]

It's always worked. There is a different set of Named Selections depending upon what selection mode you're in: i.e. poly, edge, vert...

[danb4026]

Not sure what you mean. Is there a reason it isn't working?

[SandmanNinja]

I guess I'm saying my selection set has always worked.

 

I was just saying that there is a different selection set depending upon which mode you're in: poly, edge, vert, border.

[danb4026]

mine has always worked too...thats why

I dont know what's wrong.

[tanni]

Did you try to do this in previous version of max (3ds max 8)?

[danb4026]

It worked fine in all other versions of Max. It also worked in this version of max up until this week.

[SandmanNinja]

you could try blowing away the 3dsmax.ini file.

 

Does it do it with an empty scene? Like, open max, draw a box, convert to editable poly, pick a face, make a named selection set, switch to vert, pick some verts, make a named selection set, switch back to poly. Is your first set there?

 

I know the 3dsmax.ini file controls some settings from max scene to max scene. Not sure what else would.

[danb4026]

what happens if you blow away the ini file?

[SandmanNinja]

It makes a nice, clean one.

 

I do this if I 'lose' a toolbar or window.

 

Max has to have this file, so if it cannot find it, it makes a new one.

You can always rename it instead of deleting it, but I've combed through an old, bad one and it would take a lot of thinking and deducing to get anything useful out of it.