Verdict on Max 2018?

[OPEN_RANGE]

Can anyone verify what their 2018 "About Max" shows after update? My "About Max" shows

Product Version:
2018Update
20.0 - 20.1.0.1452

AutoDesk site has 2018.1 Update available but about Max uses somewhat different nomenclature (shown above)

It appears that I may have the most current update but it's somewhat unclear and so I'm not 100% sure.

[Deflaminis]

"However there's one thing that I noticed within the first 30 mins. You can't right click on a toolbar and delete buttons, rename them or edit the script.

Yes, this is logged and listed as critical. Very annoying issue and the devs are already addressing it.

OPEN_RANGE -
The initial release of 2018 was 20.0.0.966 and Update 1 is 20.0 - 20.1.0.1452. So I can confirm you do have Update1 installed currently.

Best Regards,
AJ (Alfred)

[OPEN_RANGE]

Thanks AJ!

[Macker]

Is anyone else having issues with Max/Vray hanging around for a while on render end?

[kosso_olli]

Why the hell is the update to 2018.1 taking 45mins to install? It hangs at "gathering required information" for 40 minutes. Seriously, **** *** ADSK.

[kosso_olli]

Alright,
next journey in this big pile of crap they call Max 2018. I can't render via backburner. The job gets sent to the client, Max opens and crashes immidiately. The error just says "No response".
I guess it is related to the problem I had before, but I have already installed Update 1.

[kosso_olli]

By the way, on the clients with no graphic cards, Max still crashes on startup. Despite Update 1.

[kosso_olli]

Crashes, crashes everywhere.
Honestly, back to 2017. Thanks, Autodesk.

[bardo]

By the way, on the clients with no graphic cards, Max still crashes on startup. Despite Update 1.

Sorry...but just to know... as "no graphic cards" do you mean literally or a recent graphic card?
I have 3 slaves with Matrox G200eV that is something like a simple videocard to switch ON a monitor...I hope 3dsmax 2018 will consider those as graphic cards

[kosso_olli]

No dedicated GPU at all. Just some internal Intel graphics chip. These are purely render slaves, in a rack mount housing from Chenbro.

[gandhics]

did they set viewport driver to Nitrous Software?

[kosso_olli]

Tried all graphics modes, including Nitrous Software. No matter what I choose, it crashes. Also disabled welcome screen.

[Alex_M]

Does anyone have problems resizing the d@mn Scene Explorer window/panel in 2018? I can't seem to do it. I have update 2 installed. I can't believe this glaring obvious problem can make it into the finished final product, not to mention after TWO updates.

[glorybound]

It can't be worse than 2017, oh yeah I forgot, it is Autodesk. 2017 crashes on me 2-3 times a day and that is a lot better than when I first started using it. I am content with 2-3 crashes a day, which tells you how bad things have gotten. I am afraid to move to 2018; I don't want to start over.

[Bruce Hart]

It can't be worse than 2017, oh yeah I forgot, it is Autodesk. 2017 crashes on me 2-3 times a day and that is a lot better than when I first started using it. I am content with 2-3 crashes a day, which tells you how bad things have gotten. I am afraid to move to 2018; I don't want to start over.

Hi Bobby
From our experience 2018 is a lot more stable than 2017. I would recommend updating