SP2 and VFB History Option Crash

[dcullipher]

I know this is not officially a feature, but it is really useful and we are now having problems with it in SP2. Basically if you save a couple images and try to load one of them it crashes max. Wanted to see if anyone else has this.

[Shimakaze]

I've had that. managed to get it working again by emptying the history completely, turning it off, and restarting max properly.

[simmsimaging]

I still have this problem. I am unable to reload any previous history states without a crash. Using Max 2008 64bit and Vray SP2. OS is Xp64

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[vlado]

Do you get the 3ds Max CER dialog? If yes, can you email me to vlado@chaosgroup.com the 3ds Max dump log after a crash (it's in your temporary folder, and it's called 3dsmax_minidump.dmp or something like this; you can go to your temp folder if you open explorer and enter %TEMP% as the path in the Address bar).

Best regards,
Vlado

[simmsimaging]

No dialog - it just crashes Max right to the desktop, no warnings, no anything.

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[jreynolds]

Did you have any Render Elements enabled for the images that were saved in history previous to the crash? I always consider that I'm probably asking for a crash if I've been using history on 2k renders with many elements active. It doesn't happen when I open up history like you describe but after I tune some shaders with high res texmaps for a while I can be sure to expect a coffee break

If this is similar to what you're dealing with then maybe try creating some preview settings that you can use in conjunction with render history.

Best regards,
--Jon

[simmsimaging]

Hi Jon, thanks for the help.

This happens with files even when I have no textures and no render elements selected. I either get nothing happening to the VFB when I load a saved history or it crashes totally. As it seems an uncommon problem it's likely something I'm doing, but no idea what.



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[rmejia]

I also get a crash whenever I try to load a saved image. Even with the most simple saved image.

[vlado]

Are all of you with this issue with 64-bit Windows?

[edit] Nevermind, several people sent me the crash dumps, so I will be looking into it.

Best regards,
Vlado

[rmejia]

I am using Vista 64-bit. I get the same problem on another computer, that also has 64-bit Windows. Sent you the crash dump by email.

[vlado]

Yep, thanks for the files! I will look at them when I get back to the office (my laptop is 32-bit Windows only).

Best regards,
Vlado