Dumb selection question

[Gary Ledgerwood]

I apologize for even asking this but if someone could help I would be very thankful. I had been using 3ds Max 2013 for years and recently switched to 2016. In 2013, when zoomed way out in an orthographic, wireframe view, I could select the outer limits of the star of a daylight system compass so I could easily rotate my sun location. Now in 2016, I have to zoom way in before I am able to select. Such a stupid simple thing but it slows me down. Any thoughts?

[Gary Ledgerwood]

To piggyback onto this, I used to be able to select the line between the light orb and the target point on a target light and it would select both and allow me to move them together. Now I have to select both individually.

[James Vella]

light selection has changed, u need to select the pivot directly. or save urself a selectionset of the daylight system - so u can just click it. I also disable the new outline view (blue/yellow thing) as it makes selecting consealed items almost impossible - turning it off brings back the old selection technique (double click to select item behind)

 

every click counts