3ds Max pulls an Anima 6 license

[WSP ProjectViz]

I have noticed that 3ds max will pull an Anima 6 license at launch, regardless of whether you are using Anima or not in the scene. This presents a big problem for us. Anybody having a similar issue?

[gfa2]

Same issue here. Windows 11, 3dsmax 2025, Vray 7, Anima 6.0.1. Reboot computer, open 3dsmax and the Chaos license manager shows my computer using an Anima license without Anima being open.

[inkettle]

Same here, Anima licensing is still a mess, I was really hoping all the licensing issues will be gone after moving onto Chaos server.
If anima is installed in workstation mode, simply opening 3ds max locks the anima license (even if anima project is not even present in the file). I believe this is a bug?
I understand that if anima project is present in the 3ds max file that has been open it again should only trigger a node mode? Full seat should only be triggered upon opening of Anima Studio?

For now, on the PC where we installed anima in node mode, everything is as expected though, so license is not triggered upon opening 3ds max.

[WSP ProjectViz]

It makes sense to pull a license in 3ds max or Cinema 4D if you are USING Anima to drop content into your scene. In fact, if you use the Anima Drop, it launches an Anima window. But pulling a license in when you launch 3ds max or Cinema 4D will make the tool useless to all the studios (mostly small) who are limited to a certain number of licenses.

[wagner_augusto]

It makes sense to pull a license in 3ds max or Cinema 4D if you are USING Anima to drop content into your scene. In fact, if you use the Anima Drop, it launches an Anima window. But pulling a license in when you launch 3ds max or Cinema 4D will make the tool useless to all the studios (mostly small) who are limited to a certain number of licenses.

Same here, this don't make sense at all.

[csaba_benk]

Same here. The new licensing system makes it uncontrolable, how many license to you realy need.... When may colleague opens a few 3ds max instances, all of the anima license is occupied...

[alexyork]

Is this truly not fixed or even acknowledged by the devs in almost a month since launch of v6? Unsure how it could have been missed in testing anyway being such a vital thing...

[csaba_benk]

Is this truly not fixed or even acknowledged by the devs in almost a month since launch of v6? Unsure how it could have been missed in testing anyway being such a vital thing...

I've already reported this issue to Chaos support and they answered me that they're already working on the solution... It was already 2 weeks ago!

[csaba_benk]

now I got the following reply: "It should be fixed in the next anima update which should be in the next 2 weeks."

[alexyork]

Thanks! I'd love the devs to actually post here and communicate with their customers.

[WSP ProjectViz]

So, we installed the new update, 6.1.0 and it fixes the 3ds Max license issue. Thank you for fixing this.