# Vray Proxy display error on 3ds max 2012

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**Category:** Issues\
**Created:** [May 3, 2011, 7:47am UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/vray-proxy-display-error-on-3ds-max-2012/28180 "2011-05-03T07:47:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![toby](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/chaosprd/user_avatar/forums.chaos.com/toby/32/44847_2.png) [@toby](https://forums.chaos.com/u/toby)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2011, 7:47am UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/vray-proxy-display-error-on-3ds-max-2012/28180/1 "2011-05-03T07:47:37Z")

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Hi there!

Not only in 3ds max 2012, also in 2011, we’re encountering the issue that our implemented V-Ray Proxies aren’t displayed the way they should.  
You can see what I’m talking about on the attached image.

Does anybody encountered this issue as well?

best regards,  
toby

 ![proxy_vp_issue.jpg](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/chaosprd/original/3X/1/d/1ddbfaea5178ff0e03ab8431ecf3897b7e5034b6.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![vlado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/779978/32.png) [@vlado](https://forums.chaos.com/u/vlado)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2011, 8:05am UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/vray-proxy-display-error-on-3ds-max-2012/28180/2 "2011-05-03T08:05:35Z")

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I’m not sure what I should be seeing there?

Best regards,  
Vlado

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**Author:** ![toby](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/chaosprd/user_avatar/forums.chaos.com/toby/32/44847_2.png) [@toby](https://forums.chaos.com/u/toby)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2011, 9:25am UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/vray-proxy-display-error-on-3ds-max-2012/28180/3 "2011-05-03T09:25:10Z")

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The Proxies are displayed in a wrong way. Scaled way too big, but being rendered correctly.

The Proxies’ display option is set to ‘preview from file’.

If I click on ‘point’ and back to ‘preview from file’, the current selected Proxy is displayed correct again.

Via MaxScript… I select all Proxies and execute “$.expand\_frameNumber = on”, nevertheless this option is on or off doesn’t matter. This also works.

best regards,  
toby

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**Author:** ![MathTheRender](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/chaosprd/user_avatar/forums.chaos.com/maththerender/32/28305_2.png) [@MathTheRender](https://forums.chaos.com/u/MathTheRender)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2011, 10:04am UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/vray-proxy-display-error-on-3ds-max-2012/28180/4 "2011-05-03T10:04:09Z")

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im havin a nearly similar issue in max 2011.  
if i load a proxy or merge a mesh, and i has the same material so i have to check “use scene material”, it gets displayed in the wrong scale until i would restart max.

i thought that would be a max thing…?

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**Author:** ![vlado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/779978/32.png) [@vlado](https://forums.chaos.com/u/vlado)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2011, 10:06am UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/vray-proxy-display-error-on-3ds-max-2012/28180/5 "2011-05-03T10:06:44Z")

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> [@PIXELBOX\_SRO](#):
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> The Proxies are displayed in a wrong way. Scaled way too big, but being rendered correctly.

Can you get me a scene for this?

Best regards,  
Vlado

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**Author:** ![toby](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/chaosprd/user_avatar/forums.chaos.com/toby/32/44847_2.png) [@toby](https://forums.chaos.com/u/toby)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2011, 10:17am UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/vray-proxy-display-error-on-3ds-max-2012/28180/6 "2011-05-03T10:17:08Z")

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For sure, no problem. I’m gonna eMail it to you 🙂

best regards,  
toby

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**Author:** ![LarsSonparsson](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/chaosprd/user_avatar/forums.chaos.com/larssonparsson/32/35733_2.png) [@LarsSonparsson](https://forums.chaos.com/u/LarsSonparsson)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2011, 2:13pm UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/vray-proxy-display-error-on-3ds-max-2012/28180/7 "2011-05-19T14:13:47Z")

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Same proxy problem here. When opening a scene, proxys are displayed in wrong scale.  
If manually changing the display mode, everything works again as should..  
It doesn’t affect rendering at all.

Any fix yet?

Max 2011 x64 - Vray 2.0 sp1 - win7

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**Author:** ![Morne](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/chaosprd/user_avatar/forums.chaos.com/morne/32/11335_2.png) [@Morne](https://forums.chaos.com/u/Morne)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2012, 1:28pm UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/vray-proxy-display-error-on-3ds-max-2012/28180/8 "2012-12-03T13:28:47Z")

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I’m having the same issue on different systems. Any news on this?

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**Author:** ![vlado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/779978/32.png) [@vlado](https://forums.chaos.com/u/vlado)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2012, 3:16pm UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/vray-proxy-display-error-on-3ds-max-2012/28180/9 "2012-12-03T15:16:54Z")

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I believe it is fixed for the newer nightly builds, but I have to double-check.

Best regards,  
Vlado