mats not showing in viewports edit *not an obvious solution*

Hi,
not sure if this is a max or Vray issue, have a scene in it and all textures appear (all vray mats) fine in viewport, when I merge the objects into another scene the mats in the viewports disappear, its like a global disable textures in viewport option was turned on, but it wasnt,
any ideas :?
cheers,
Tom

View → Activate All Maps
I think thats normal and has nothing to do with vray.

I tried that still no maps appearing,
never had this happen before :?

(for the record I do have the “show maps in viewport” turned on) :wink:

Tom