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Gallery / Re: Selected | Office CGIs

« on: 2024-10-05, 09:16:10 »

Just lovely! Well done.

And yes, that sofa is amazing. If you'd be willing to share more info (or even sell the model/technique) I'd be extremely appreciative.

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General CG Discussion / Re: 3DSMAX DISABLE "MISSING EXTERNAL FILES" ON LOAD

« on: 2024-10-04, 21:03:28 »

Ok fair call. I will stop using this then.

Anyone know if I can edit this script so it disables only the warning I want to suppress?

So Frood, your script only works when I manually choose to open in that quiet mode, right? (And must have max already open?)

That kinda defeats the purpose for me, unfortunately.

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[Max] Daily Builds / Re: Chaos Corona 13 for 3ds Max - Daily Builds Discussion

« on: 2024-10-04, 17:09:43 »

Just updated to 2025.1 - I vaguely remember reading somewhere something about coronabitmap not working with this version? Am I correct?

I can't open the file load dialogue from corona bitmap node settings in SME.

I guess this is a known bug?

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General CG Discussion / Re: 3DSMAX DISABLE "MISSING EXTERNAL FILES" ON LOAD

« on: 2024-10-04, 13:48:34 »

I honestly cannot think of an important warning that I might miss. Any pro tips?

Can you explain about the script in the link (sorry, I'm not quite understanding that thread very well).

Does it only disable the MISSING EXTERNAL FILES pop up? Is it automatic or must I open a file with that menu dropdown option?

Cheers,

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General CG Discussion / Re: 3DSMAX DISABLE "MISSING EXTERNAL FILES" ON LOAD

« on: 2024-10-04, 11:21:21 »

Well, for future reference, I found the answer. It work's perfectly, just put it in the 3ds Max <version?\scripts\Startup folder:

https://www.autodesk.com/support/technical/article/caas/sfdcarticles/sfdcarticles/How-to-suppress-Waning-dialogs-when-opening-a-scene-in-3ds-Max.html

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General CG Discussion / 3DSMAX DISABLE "MISSING EXTERNAL FILES" ON LOAD

« on: 2024-10-03, 21:34:23 »

Does this warning on the file load bother anyone else?

I really don't care about these missing files, and they're usual false positives anyway seeing as it doesn't like loading Corona pre-set materials for some reason.

Does anyone know of a friendly + easy way to globally disable this warning on the load?\

Thanks!

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[Max] Daily Builds / Re: Chaos Corona 13 for 3ds Max - Daily Builds Discussion

« on: 2024-10-03, 16:20:03 »

I hope that the Vray, Gaussian Splatting, and Firefly remover updates arrive soon in Corona.

BTW, where do I find an updated Corona Renderer Road Map?

I saw that Gaussian Splatting update too... Would be amazing!

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Gallery / Re: Cat'chen Living

« on: 2024-10-02, 17:42:52 »

VERY nice images.

Well done!

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[Max] Bug Reporting / Re: Crashing with Vray materials

« on: 2024-10-02, 16:26:59 »

Amazing that I missed this topic, I'm having a similar (if not same) problem. Only happens every 2nd SME load, or so.

New scene doesn't help, clearing SME doesn't help, corona conversion doesn't help.

I did experience this crash, so I installed vray (without activating a license, so is this perhaps related?). It seemed to help, but the problem returned with a vengeance a week or so later.

Nothing I do seems to fix it. It's extremely annoying. More info over on my other thread about it. https://forum.corona-renderer.com/index.php?topic=43624.0

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[Max] I need help! / Re: Crash on SME load

« on: 2024-10-02, 16:21:48 »

Also, have you seen this thread:

https://forum.corona-renderer.com/index.php?topic=43636.0;topicseen

If you have Vray mats in the scene, this might be the reason. Even if not, resetting the Slate views might help, there's a post on how to do it in that thread.

Hey Pokoy,

I do suspect this is highly likely connected to the situation.

However, the problem has persisted after both;
- doing a Corona Conversion, and;
- importing everything into a fresh scene

So, not sure if vray materials are somehow being sneaky in there or not...

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[Max] I need help! / Re: Crash on SME load

« on: 2024-10-02, 13:57:15 »

The minidump could be useful since it can point to the dll that is crashing Max. I once had a crash when opening the classic material editor and with the minidump, support was able to tell from it that the Bercon Gradient ramp dll was crashing Max.

Ok, thanks!

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[Max] I need help! / Re: Crash on SME load

« on: 2024-10-02, 12:36:26 »

Hi, as usual, we should be able to find out what exactly is causing the freezes/crashes by analyzing a minidump file. You can capture it from a crash or freeze, even if the Autodesk error reporting window is not displayed.
Here is how, check out points 1 and 2: https://support.chaos.com/hc/en-us/articles/4649117083409-How-to-report-issues-3ds-Max
If you would like to share the minidumps with us, it is best to start a support ticket at https://support.chaos.com/hc/en-us/requests/new and attach your files there.

Just FYI Maru,

I'm not getting any error, it either just exits immediately and quickly, without warning or it completely freezes without any error and I have to force End Task in task manager.

Seeing as no error is relevant here, will minidump still be helpful? That article you linked me to suggests it wont be.

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[Max] I need help! / Re: Crash on SME load

« on: 2024-10-02, 12:28:59 »

I had problems like this before and if I can recall correctly it was always tied to graphics card driver.
Try updating or rolling back if you have just updated.

Updated display drivers, didn't seem to help :(

Maru, I'll try to collect a minidump.

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[Max] I need help! / Re: Crash on SME load

« on: 2024-10-01, 21:28:42 »

I had problems like this before and if I can recall correctly it was always tied to graphics card driver.
Try updating or rolling back if you have just updated.

Thanks, will test this out. Very helpful information :)

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[Max] I need help! / Crash on SME load

« on: 2024-09-30, 19:03:00 »

I'm currently experiencing a very, very, annoying problem. It seems to affect almost all scenes, on all projects at the moment and it's killing me.

It's not necessarily Corona related (I actually suspect Vray)

I load a file. I open Slate Material Editor and then an instant crash.

I re-open the scene, open SME and almost every time, it opens fine.

However, this problem has recently evolved. Now I open a scene, load SME and it doesn't open, the whole program just completely freezes. Nothing.

I have NO idea what's causing it, and no idea how to stop it.

Has anyone experienced anything like this before?

I'm on Corona 13 Daily July 30 , Max 2024.1, Windows 10.

One note; When this happens I check Task Manager and 3ds Max has has multiple instances of 'Microsoft Edge WebView 2' open. What is this? Is it possibly related?

Thanks for any debugging tips!