3dsmax 2018 the lamest one in years...

[steyin]

Another dud eh? I'm still on 2014; I found 2016 too buggy for me, and I could never get the MCG updates to install (or extension 1, whatever the package was called). That's my only incentive to move on from 14 as the MCG seems cool, but alas it seems I'll never get to use any of it.

[Frood]

Good Luck... ;)

[davemahi]

In our experience Max 2018 has been great. I would in no way go back to other versions. I would rather just stop doing 3D at that point. There have been so many good improvements since 2014 you are crazy to still be on that. Just my opinion though, I know everyone has specific needs.

[AndyQ]

if this is the complete list of improvements, this is s**t, pay,pay,pay......
http://www.cgchannel.com/2017/04/autodesk-ships-3ds-max-2018/

It is lame, and they've been lame for the past decade or more as far as I'm concerned, but I will say that this 2018 version seems to perform better with Corona for me Maybe that's something to do with my specific system, I'm not talking render times but just using the UI; the time it takes to display the render setup dialog, the compact material editor, minor things like that. The amount of money they charge each year is ridiculous for the improvements they make - this really is nothing more than a rental, except unlike renting a house we can't decide to rent a better one next week without losing all our home-contents....

[clemens_at]

http://help.autodesk.com/view/3DSMAX/2018/ENU/?guid=GUID-8A1FC708-5D40-4B50-B88E-592C4B6DAC23

interesting...

if you havent yet, go check out max's ideas site: https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/3ds-max-ideas/idb-p/164
at least it seems like they are listening...

[alexyork]

Autodesk have recently started listening to users' requests a lot more these days, I have to say. A year or so ago I posted a request on there for background max file saving, like Photoshop does, so auto-save doesn't interrupt your work any more, and they're actually apparently testing and potentially implementing it, and improving the whole file save time and size process as well.

It's 100% worthwhile making posts on there with suggestions.

[alexyork]

Is anyone else experiencing the issue that you pretty much have to click or drag or enter text fields in max twice for anything to happen? E.g. if you go into the dimensions of an object, click and drag the contents of the box, you expect it to be highlighted so you can change the value. But it doesn't.... you have to click in it manually first, or click + drag twice. This is happening for all of us in the studio...

[johan belmans]

All the time. we even have unexpected crashes. ..... getting annoyed of Max........

[johan belmans]

Even panning in 2D zoom mood (Physical and Corona camera)  became a struggle.

[alexyork]

Even panning in 2D zoom mood (Physical and Corona camera)  became a struggle.

This was misbehaving for us too initially, until reboots. Now it seems ok. But I think once the coronacamera is out, we can relax.... ? :)

[3di]

I hear Houdini is picking up pace in the industry.  Might have to give it a try.

[peterguthrie]

Is anyone else experiencing the issue that you pretty much have to click or drag or enter text fields in max twice for anything to happen? E.g. if you go into the dimensions of an object, click and drag the contents of the box, you expect it to be highlighted so you can change the value. But it doesn't.... you have to click in it manually first, or click + drag twice. This is happening for all of us in the studio...

YES! incredibly annoying. The number of times I have accidentally started a render :(

[maru]

Is anyone else experiencing the issue that you pretty much have to click or drag or enter text fields in max twice for anything to happen? E.g. if you go into the dimensions of an object, click and drag the contents of the box, you expect it to be highlighted so you can change the value. But it doesn't.... you have to click in it manually first, or click + drag twice. This is happening for all of us in the studio...

YES! incredibly annoying. The number of times I have accidentally started a render :(

For me this is happening only in Max 2018, and only in the Render Setup window. So if I, for example, stop rendering in the VFB, and then jump back to Render Setup to change some value, I have to click anywhere inside it first. It's like changing focus to that window first, before anything else can be done.

[alexyork]

I'm actually having a live teamviewer session with Autodesk support in an hour, and I will show them this behaviour. Although I can't imagine they're not aware of it already. I'm going to run them through all the other stupid issues we've come across too such as the terrible camera selection.

[johan belmans]

so many issues with MAX, and we still keep on paying...........