It applies to all subforums, all the stickies are showing in the main list.
You can unpin topics that you don’t want to see on top, see my comment here: New Forum Feedback: Issues, Ideas & Suggestions! - #42 by romullus
Ah sorry I really missed this post.
Is there a way to send a direct message to a user?
I can’t find how to do.
I’ve found that I had to grew up with the trust level…now I can send direct messages to the users.
Sorry for the false alarm.
I can’t post in any boards. It says: You are not permitted to view the requested resource.
Tried everything! Please help!
Hi @onyxlee, allow me to copy a prior response I shared here regarding this behavior:
To keep the forum structured (also according to pre-merge setup), posting is disabled in the broad, top-level main categories.
The quick solution: Simply select a specific sub-category first, and you should be able to post your thread right away!
Please let me know if that doesn’t resolve or explain this behavior you’re experiencing.
Hi @juliaav, apologies for the vague error message. We set all Wishlist sections to read-only so any requests are forwarded directly via our Aha! Product Portals: chaos.com/ideas/vray-3dsmax
We are looking into adjusting this message and/or behavior to provide additional clarity in the future.
How to completely delete my forum account? Theres no option in the settings.
No one has replied to my request to merge accounts or change my username. I think I’d rather start afresh ![]()
Hi i’m currently wondering if servers are down? i tried applying a material to my project(which was working this morning) and then it pulled up my browser and had me sign in to my account. but the material not being added persisted. i restarted my 3dSmax and now when the material editor loads from my saved file all the materials are black squares. if i scroll over them i can see what material they are but the project cant be rendered at all.
There was a licensing system outage today, but it should be fixed. If you are still having some activation/licensing problems, please contact our support team at https://support.chaos.com/hc/en-us/requests/new
Please kindly check your direct messages via your forum’s inbox, and thanks a lot for your patience.
Aha! Ideas has been discontinued and integrated into the forums.
That’s a big improvement! ![]()
i am having the exact same issue!
Hi all,
with latest forum reorganization I’ve something that is become worse than before.
Before (I think few days / 1 week ago)if you click on a main category (for example Vray for Blender or Common), the forum showed all the threads of the subcategories, ordered with latests (created or modified) as firsts and with thread title with text with bold format (in this way it’s easy to click just on the new/updated threads).
Now, if you click on the main category, the forum shows all the subcategories with the latest 3 thread shown but it’s not clear which one of them are really new/updated compared to the latest time I’ve visited those threads.
In this way it’s unconfortable and time consuming to read just the threads updated/created.
Or am I missing some forum settings to get it back like I like?
I think you may find point 2 from this guide useful: New Forum Intro Guide (WIP)
Yes..it seems useful…
now..another isssue… are categories editable?
Yesterday I’ve customized…this morning (when I wrote the previous message) categories was as I’ve set yesterday and now the categories were reset to default… am I missing something else? ![]()
We made some rearrangements; that’s probably why. Try again and do tell if it resets again.
I’ve tried to track the whole Vray for Blender category.
Then I go to the main forum page and select the “unread” tab.
Now I can see all the threads where I wrote in the past (as explained in the forum guide) but I can’t see the latest threads/posts on the Vray for Blender category(and subcategories) while I’m sure that there are some threads/posts created or updated.
Should I track all the single subcategories?


