We have really been trying hard to use 2012 since we upgraded a few weeks ago from Max2009. We have even been pushing ourselves to use the slate material editor too - potentially very poweful. However, we are finding it to be increddibly slow. We seem to get to a point with a project where everythi…

I found 2011 faster in the interface stuff, can’t remember if there was a big difference when I went from 2010 to 2011. I will say that aside from the weird lags with dialogs etc, 2012 is faster for viewport navigation with hi-poly meshes. I haven’t installed 2013 yet so can’t comment. I will wait …

My 2012 was slow, too, but once I tweak Windows I was OK. I tried all the suggested tweaks, and something worked, so I stuck with it.[quote=“arqestevez1, post:11, topic:38132, username:arqestevez1”] I found 2011 faster in the interface stuff, can’t remember if there was a big difference when I went…

[image] Caustics multiplier My 2012 was slow, too, but once I tweak Windows I was OK. I tried all the suggested tweaks, and something worked, so I stuck with it. Which tweaks did you try Bobby?

I have a scene, created in Max 2012, that is 4.5MB in size. When I open this scene in Max 2013 and save as something else, the file size jumps to 24.5MB. Even if I save from Max2013 as a new 2012 file, it is still 24MB. What’s that all about then?

“compress on save” is probably turned off in your preferences 2013. that makes a huge difference in file sizes.

is that a feature that was on by default in earlier versions?

That’s probably it then. Anyway, ignoring that, what are the tweaks I can make to Windows to make 2012 run better?

Honestly guys, the node based mat editor is not very usable in my opinion. Coming from maya’s hypershade, its quite cluttered and very slow! I also forced my self to work in it on a project (simple one too) and after some time switched back to old material editor (thank God they kept it there).

[image] Deadline render problem with vray_adv_21501_maya2011_x64_16255 Honestly guys, the node based mat editor is not very usable in my opinion. Coming from maya’s hypershade, its quite cluttered and very slow! I also forced my self to work in it on a project (simple one too) and after some time…

I’m using slate all the time and I’ve never gone back to the old one. I find on big scene i turn off the global rendering (alt+ctrl+U). its runs quick after that. though it dose mean updating material previews all the time.

Max 2012 unusable

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Which tweaks did you try Bobby?

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