3ds Max freezing on first rendering

Corona Corona for 3ds Max Help Required
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Hi all,
I know this is a known issue but I’m still have problems with this, is there a fix yet?
I’m using Max 2016 with the latest SP1, Corona is 1.2.1 updated today. Box license.

When I start the computer and open max, the first rendering freezes the computer until it finishes the rendering. If I close and reopen Max then all’s well for the rest of the day.

My morning workflow is to open Max, render a cube at 320x180 and then restart Max. Hoping to avoid this soon.

Thanks
Geoff

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Interesting. Does it happen even if you are not using any textures? Just plain box? Anything else in the scene? Does it also happen with other renderers?

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Just tried this,

Made a box and hit render with mentalray, no issues. I switched to Corona and added a default CoronaMtl (no textures) and it froze.

Actually if I hit render again it still freezes, so its more than the first render, it’s until a restart Max.

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I have two ideas here:

  1. FTH - looks like it’s becoming more popular these times :wink: https://coronarenderer.freshdesk.com/support/solutions/articles/5000678431
  2. When Max is frozen, if it’s long enough, you could try making a minidump file and sending to us, here is the instruction: https://coronarenderer.freshdesk.com/solution/articles/5000524006-how-to-report-issues-
    ( 2. Reporting Error Messages or freezes )
    You can send the minidump file over to support@corona-renderer.com .
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Made the Minidump and emailed it.
Thanks

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Also, There are no FTH events this morning

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The corona was not rendering when the minidump was taken. Instead something froze the whole 3dsmax (it is sleeping on purpose), but I cannot see what. What other plugins do you use?

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Thanks Ondra, I don’t use any other plugins that I know of. This is an out of the box installation that my firm did a few weeks about, all new hardware and everything, I just installed Corona and went at it. Did I do the minidump wrong? I’m happy to try doing it again.
Thanks
Geoff

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no, it was not wrong in any way, these things just sometimes do not give enough info. It is a thing to try, not a silver bullet :frowning: