any tips for saving the max 8 file back to the max7?

[ad-max]

greeting everyone,need some help on my new project..

recently I 've receive a job from my friend, & by the time I almost finish the job I found out that they did't have max 8 on their end(& they need to get the files render on their render farm) ..so ....I knotice you can save the file to 3ds but this will lost all those vray setting & light casting in the scene(& that has took me quite an amount of time) ..pls help. thanks in advance.

Regards
Adam

[jonnybefree]

hi ad-max,

look at this
http://www.chaosgroup.com/forum/phpB...&highlight=max

best regards
jonas

[RErender]

They could install the Max 8 demo and farm for 30 days

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Hi Guys ,thanks for the reply ...had done reserch on web too..found most of the answer are "no" they have around 20 machine on their end so they are trying to avoid install max8 in all of their machine.. anyway thanks guys .

[Adam H. Stewart]

Had same problem

I had the same problem a couple of weeks ago. There is no real solution. Even if you export the 3ds objects into 7 from 8 the controllers get all screwed up. My post sparked a whole host of replies, people pissed at discreet for things being so damn difficult.
Sorry for you trouble I know your pain.

[mike.edel]

there are ways to export some information from max8 to max7:

vray settings:
vray preset manager (script by marc lorenz)
http://plugins.angstraum.at/vraypm/index.htm
save the settings as a preset, reload them in max7
last time i used it was on vray 1.09
don't know if it still works but at least you get the most important things over

geometry:
bobo's BFF script
http://www.scriptspot.com/bobo/darkmoon/bff/
worked for me on a fairly large scene (max6-->max5)
or
fbx (filmbox)
or obj (try a search for habware and obj2max / max2obj if max7 has no native obj im/exporter - the native max8 version is the same btw)

standard max lights can be transferred - at least when using BFF and fbx
if you use vray lights, remember (write down) their settings and put a helper/dummy object on their position to make recreating them easier

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ahh ..thanks guy.. I'm really greatfull for you guys reply ..will try your suggestion mike.edel