3dsmax2014 FYI

[voltron7]

Hi, has anyone got a way around the stupid AutoDesk download manager? It just fails nonstop both FF and IE...
Normal web downloads work fine, so what am I missing AutoDesk?

[alexyork]

Hi, has anyone got a way around the stupid AutoDesk download manager? It just fails nonstop both FF and IE...
Normal web downloads work fine, so what am I missing AutoDesk?

Try Chrome. I didn't have any issues with the download manager.

[voltron7]

Try Chrome. I didn't have any issues with the download manager.

Thanks a lot

[eyepiz]

Thanks this work for me too!...I had the same error with the light Lister.

Grrr will fix it (and perhaps some heads will roll), but in the meantime, just drop the following file in "c:\program files\autodesk\3ds max 2014\scripts\startup"

Best regards,
Vlado

[alexander.kazandzhiev]

Hi, we have it fixed the LightLister in the installation on the site. Sorry for the inconvenience.

Best regards,
Aleksandar

[thomes]

how can i install this vray 2013 version to max2014 without deinstalling the plugins in max2013 ? possible without doing it manually?

[Dariusz Makowski (Dadal)]

You need vray 2014.

[danb4026]

During install, a popup screen will come up warning of the uninstall action of prior version. At this point hit "cancel".

[duke2]

I noticed there's some new vector map that allows you to load and use vector files as textures. Does that work with vray?

[vlado]

It should work, yes.

Best regards,
Vlado

[trixian]

Having only tested it at home so far with a gtx580, I'm quite impressed with the performance. 2013 was terrible performance wise (I reverted to 2012), but 2014 feels a lot more "snappy". The real test is opening up large projects at work with lots of plugin based stuff like forest pack and material/map plugins. My work machine and its Quadro 5000 has so far been seriously underwhelming performance wise. I still have high hopes though.

[danb4026]

I have a gtx580 as well and the viewport performance is far superior in max 2014. I had a 2013 file with lots of Forest objects and it was killing me. Opened it up in 2014 and there is a great improvement.

One little thing I can't seem to figure out...when an object is selected the F4 key won't turn off edge view. Turns it off for every other object but not selected object. Pain when your trying to view a map on a selected high poly object. Is there a preference setting for that?

[G0M0]

One little thing I can't seem to figure out...when an object is selected the F4 key won't turn off edge view. Turns it off for every other object but not selected object. Pain when your trying to view a map on a selected high poly object. Is there a preference setting for that?

In Viewport's shading options>Display selected>Display selected with Edged Faces - turn that off
To override defaults I had to create custom maxstart.max file - it also helps if you want to get rid of viewport's gradient

[danb4026]

Thanks GOMO!

[chrischan]

My subscription is expired just 4 days ago. LOL

mine too