# max2022 & vray 5 update 1.2 black material editor...

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**Category:** General\
**Created:** [June 15, 2021, 2:04pm UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/max2022-vray-5-update-1-2-black-material-editor/105331 "2021-06-15T14:04:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![chris\_img](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e0b2c6/32.png) [@chris\_img](https://forums.chaos.com/u/chris_img)\
**Post date:** [June 15, 2021, 2:04pm UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/max2022-vray-5-update-1-2-black-material-editor/105331/1 "2021-06-15T14:04:05Z")

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Just installed max 2022 & vray, but whenever i open up the material editor, it takes ages & ages populating each slot with a very unhelpful black.

“Oh, must be autodesk using arnold only materials or something” i thinh to myself. But no, when i create a new vray material its also black.

So i look at the renderer tab and notice the material editor engine is set to vray - change it to scanline and the vray material is displayed.

However the car paint, fastSSS etc are all still black.

So whats the solution for this?

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**Author:** ![chris\_img](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e0b2c6/32.png) [@chris\_img](https://forums.chaos.com/u/chris_img)\
**Post date:** [June 15, 2021, 2:40pm UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/max2022-vray-5-update-1-2-black-material-editor/105331/2 "2021-06-15T14:40:20Z")

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Found the problem, no licenses available.