Hi all,
We recently, and reluctantly, upgraded to Max 2019 (as we were having some Revit import issues with our workhorse 2016 version) and decided to use it for our latest project.
However we are already running into a multitude of issues, mainly surrounding Corona interactive and Forest pack. Anything regarding using Max while the interactive viewport is active seems like it could trigger a crash, adding modifiers, navigating the material editor and even a simple ctrl+z. I feel like I have to close the interactive preview between any iteration of change, to avoid the chance of a crash. Which is kind of defeating the point... I have seen the crash screen and/or task manager more times the last couple of days than ever before.
Forest pack seems particularly susceptible to causing issues, with simple lawns making the interactive viewport completely unresponsive. (on another note Forest edge doesn't seem to work with Corona in Max 2019). For comparison, I backwards saved the exact same scene to 2016 and it works absolutely fine. Viewports and interactive rendering are responsive to the point it is almost real-time and forest edge works just fine. Exact same scene, exact same plugin versions. I have worked with similar residential developments in 2016 that have significantly heavier landscapes, but 2019 is falling at the first hurdle.
I know this probably needs chasing up with iToo and Autodesk, but I was wondering if anybody here has had similar experiences or knows what the hell is going on?!
For the record, I believe I'm fully up to date with all relevant software packages and graphics drivers.
Thankfully I'm not too heavily invested in 2019 so will most likely fall back to our trusty 2016 version.
Cheers,
Jamie