Is it possible to have an HDR loaded into the environment map by default?

Corona Corona for 3ds Max Help Required
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I would like to have an HDR loaded into my environment map when 3dsMax opens so I don’t have to do it repeatedly each time I need to test render. Does anyone know if 3dsMax offers the options to do this?

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Not sure if that would work, but you could try to load HDRI into enviroment and save maxstart file.

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Yes.
You can setup a scene and save it as maxstart.max and put it into the maxstart folder, or make any folder your maxstart folder.
Explained in the doc here.

edit:

God damn the timing
Could have been a gentlemen and waited 44 seconds ;]

edit2:
btw, I recall it was you who setup and shared that awesome scene for Product shots, where it combined Shadowcatcher with Radial Gradient as background… That is my maxstart default ^^

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Thank you! This works perfectly!

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Good to know that someone has put it to good use :] I for one don’t use maxstart - can’t stand small annoying things, that max brings with its usage.

@John.McWaters, glad to hear that it worked! :]