Show material in viewport

[TerriBrown3D]

Hi guys,

I know this has been an issue since a few updates ago, but I was hoping the latest update would've fixed it. I am still having issues getting my maps to show up in my viewport....which I use ALL the time in my workflow. When the issue first arose, I could right-click the mat/map in the slate material editor and click "show shaded material in viewport". Now that doesn't even seem to work...or if it does it's not consistent. I'm on the last version on max, and latest vray build.

Please help.

Thanks

[hermit.crab]

Try updating to the latest hotfix. Otherwise, the main thread is here.

[TerriBrown3D]

Hi Aleksandar,

It's still not working as expected, unfortunately. I have updated to the latest version of Vray for Max 2024

[hermit.crab]

Which Display Driver is your 3ds Max using (Customize> Preferences> Viewports >Display Drivers)?

[TerriBrown3D]

Nitrous (Direct 3D 11.0 - Nvidia Quadro RTX 4000)

[hermit.crab]

No issues on my end. Materials appear in the viewport as expected. Could you attach a video reproduction of the issue? Any environment variables that might be causing the issue?

[Vipera]

It would be nice if you attach your problem .max file with the texture. I have same issue sometimes but I cannot figure out what the problem is. I didn't spend time to dig this problem out but I suspect something like these:
- v-ray material/map from old version of max/v-ray loaded into new version of max/V-ray;
- texture dimension;
- texture file size;
- texture file type;
- max viewport texture display resolution.

[TerriBrown3D]

sorry guys...in the middle of a deadline. will post something when I'm done

[Vizioen]

This is not on V-Ray. This is a 3ds Max 2024 bug. They never fixed the bug for 2024 (lol thx autodesk) but it should be fixed for 2025: Solved: 3ds max 2024 New Slate Material Editor bug - Autodesk Community - 3ds Max

Workaround is to use the compact material editor there it should work, if you don't want to update to 2025.

[Vipera]

I do not use Slate Material Editor. Maybe that is why I notice this bug not so often.

[Vizioen]

I do not use Slate Material Editor. Maybe that is why I notice this bug not so often.

I skipped 2024 just for this bug and the bug with the color picker in the beginning as well.