Isolate Selection

[glorybound]

First, I so hate the box... what the heck is it for. If I have something isolated, it is for a reason. Second, it isn't getting past this white box. MAX crashed to the desktop, not surprising, but I open up to this, so I have to crash out of MAX (waited an hour twice). I merge everything into a new scene without an issue, hit render, and back to this. I rendered the front camera, and the only thing I did was switch to the back camera. Any clues, other than breaking the scene down until it doesn't crash anymore?

[fixeighted]

How do you even trigger that box? I can't remember ever having seen it.
I have isolate/end isolate on a quad for ease, so you could try that to see if it helps...

EDIT: Oh I see; it is the pop-up on opening a file that has something isolated. It seems with yours it is not displaying the text or the 'OK' button which clears it.
Weird...some conflict or other. Try it with a new scene...make something, isolate it, save it and reopen it to see if it either triggers the popup or crashes...should indicate something.

[glorybound]

It happens on every MAX file I open, and I asked on the AD forum a few times a long time ago, but got no real answer. I left MAX open all night and that box was still there, so I had to kill MAX.

[fixeighted]

Have you tried selecting the popup box and just hitting 'enter'? Even though it's not showing it may still accept the command...

[fixeighted]

Try this very simple file and see if it does the same https://www.dropbox.com/s/urv02fb2tk...ATION.max?dl=0
It's just 3 teapots with one isolated and saved like that, so it should trigger that popup as in this grab

[glorybound]

Have you tried selecting the popup box and just hitting 'enter'? Even though it's not showing it may still accept the command...

Yes, that didn't work.

[glorybound]

Try this very simple file and see if it does the same https://www.dropbox.com/s/urv02fb2tk...ATION.max?dl=0
It's just 3 teapots with one isolated and saved like that, so it should trigger that popup as in this grab

No popup when I open that.

[fixeighted]

Weird, there should be one exactly as in my screen grab. So what happens when you open it...it displays just one teapot or 3?

[glorybound]

I just opened it again and I got the isolation box

[glorybound]

I found the bugger!

https://www.awesomescreenshot.com/vi...3d3b8ff17e2032

[fixeighted]

Progress then...of sorts....did it allow you to 'ok' it..and there was text visible?

EDIT: Not quite sure what you were showing in the screencast but at least it solved it

[glorybound]

The problem has been found! It is a V-Ray displacement!

https://www.awesomescreenshot.com/vi...ad26f48ae09769

[glorybound]

I removed the shift number in the displacement and the crashing stopped. I can't get that 1/2 day back, but I should meet my deadline this afternoon.

[fixeighted]

wierd shit....

[glorybound]

Yes, it is and it cost me a bunch of time.