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[Max] Daily Builds / Re: New VFB Skin and functionality
« on: 2024-03-16, 01:03:15 »
could we PLEASE add a function to FLIP the image horizontally - just to refresh the eyes to look at the render from a new perspective.

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It keeps loading and loading

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[Max] Daily Builds / Re: New VFB Skin and functionality
« on: 2024-02-18, 23:03:06 »
glad im not the only one - ive even spent thousands on updated hardware thinking it would fix the problem.  Its literally been like this since i started using max over 10 years ago.  In fact, i think its gotten a little worse.
@CoronaDevs - i think this needs to be looked at for sure.

For me, this biggest time waster over the years is the UI (material editor) - i know its not a corona thing (or it could have an impact?) - however the material editor, becomes slow and sluggish, mainly in heavier scenes (not really that heavy, fairly detailed interior scenes.  2-3 seconds for things to open.... and i do have the most of the latest hardware/software.... again, not sure if this is solely a autodesk thing or a combination between autodesk and corona materials, however its just so sloowwww and it kills my patience... it sometimes feels like im using a intel pentium from the early 2000's..... its 2024, UI, all of them, should be zipppy and we shouldnt be held back by such nuances.

I get that too: the material editor becomes really so slow sometimes, especially when IPR is running, up to the point that I have to stop the IPR, only then I'm able to tweak my materials in the SME, and only then I start the IPR again to see the results. This isn't how things should be: ideally I wouldn't have to stop the IPR in order to be able to tweak the materials, but if I don't the SME UI is just sooooo slow, it's unbearable.

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[Max] Daily Builds / Re: New VFB Skin and functionality
« on: 2024-02-16, 22:14:49 »
For me, this biggest time waster over the years is the UI (material editor) - i know its not a corona thing (or it could have an impact?) - however the material editor, becomes slow and sluggish, mainly in heavier scenes (not really that heavy, fairly detailed interior scenes.  2-3 seconds for things to open.... and i do have the most of the latest hardware/software.... again, not sure if this is solely a autodesk thing or a combination between autodesk and corona materials, however its just so sloowwww and it kills my patience... it sometimes feels like im using a intel pentium from the early 2000's..... its 2024, UI, all of them, should be zipppy and we shouldnt be held back by such nuances.

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Hi team

i got this error on new daily

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hey guys is there something wrong with corona lately?  there are certain scenes where the suns position seems to change everytime i re-open the scene?  currently on corona 11

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[Max] Feature Requests / Re: Corona Round Edge Request
« on: 2024-01-04, 05:09:24 »
amazing thanks.

Hi,

This really makes sense and will be good to have.
This is reported now as a feature request.

(Internal ID=1275442505)

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[Max] Feature Requests / Corona Round Edge Request
« on: 2024-01-03, 02:40:27 »
Hi team

it would be great if you could add a feature where it chamfers by ELEMENT.  I have windows for instance, with mullions and adjoining movable windows (with fixed windows) and it chamfers them all and makes them look like 1 piece. It would be great if it could just render the edges per element so it doesnt look welded together if that makes sense.

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Hi guys

i have a 4090 in my main workstation and ive got a node that i sometimes play games with.  I was thinking of putting my 4090 in my node and getting a 3090 for my main workstation as im not sure there is a big difference in viewport performance between the 2?  would anyone know?  I know in gaming there is a big different but not sure in maxs viewport?

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Hey Nejc - i thinkj we h ave the same machine (5995xw).  Are you thinking of upgrading?  id love to but what to do with the existing beast?

Indeed, I guess we needed Intel for AMD to do something :)

Maybe just to clarify my post there, TR5-SP6 is the socket for both PRO and HEDT parts. TRX50 is the chipset for HEDT and WRX90 is the chipset for PRO.
PRO TRs do work with TRX50 motherboards.

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Hardware / Re: Dual Monitor
« on: 2023-11-25, 23:05:38 »
Hey Nejc

Is this monitor worth getting?  i have 2 screens (32 and 27) and i woudlnt mind switching it to 1.  How is it workign in 3DS MAX?  does it go to one side or the other or middle?  i realise you can put it in areas of the screen but wanted an h onest opinion about it. 
To be totally honest with you, on my CRG90 I can indeed spot that VA gamma shift but mainly if I look at the thing from the more unorthodox angles. I was very pleasantly surprised at how well this panel performs and I think its been "suspected" that a lot of these bigger format screens get the more TV like VA treatment where the viewing angles are decent. Then again, I might also be not as susceptible to it.

My IPS driven laptop does have better viewing angles for sure I'd say but I really don't find it to be bad on the CRG90 either.

As for the OLED screens, is there a solution for that text fringing issue already? That is a real bummer for me.

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cant seem to download and apply this material using cosmos
Plain White Sheer 3068925 20cm

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im glad im not the only one.... surely Corona devs could potentially look into this?  Its a major bottle neck which hinders the creative process as it introduces frustration from a technical point of view.  It may well be a max thing, but as you said the maxphysical material works instantaneously.  Its been over 10 years and i still find myself doing things like restarting/ removing animation layers, cleaning the scene and in extreme times reinstalling max and at worst, formatting the pc lol.... which isnt a bad thing from time to time.....

thanks for the tips - i also stumbled across what they call the QT TRICK - have you heard of this?  refer to this link:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/stackthis/posts/1624099071269916/

i havent noticed a different (maybe im doing it wrong) - have a go and let me know if it works for you.

PS - i also noticed the latest windows update, the right click context menu appears to be slower with my UI crap - theyre not helping either!




Yeah sluggish Max Editor (but also other Max UI) has been my bane for like forever. I've no idea what influences it either, but Corona Materials are more suspectable to it than for example MaxPhysicalMaterial which is instantaneous. And big PCs, Threadrippers esp. even further.

There are host of things that can (potentially only and often in specific circumstances) help:

- running High Performance or better, Ultimate Performance power plan.
- turning off almost every real-time protection, esp. Control Flow Guard. Or at minimum, making exception for 3dsMax.exe.
- yes it seems bizarre and I haven't done it in past either, but restarting 3dsMax and Windows itself from time to time.
- Turning sufficient amount of cores in Corona Setting off for IR. But I have tried turning off half the cores and the benefits are often less than ideal.
- This will cost performance even more, but I am running Threadrippers without SMT (Hyperthreading). From 128 Threads to 64 Threads is roughly 25perc. loss of multi-threaded rendering performance. But in my case, it does make almost every 3ds Max related performance better.

But yeah, outside of that, it's a mystery to me. As you say, ENDLESS waste of time.

I am not sure if the issue is getting worse, or just everything else is getting better and this sticks up like sore thumb.
Maybe we're just used to our smooth smart phones..

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[Max] General Discussion / is this UI sluggishness normal?
« on: 2023-11-20, 03:32:21 »
Hi guys

thought i would do a quick video - is this normal?  sometimes its zippy, 90% of the time it isnt.  Scenes re not too big.
my system is a ryzen 5995xw with 256 gb ram + rtx 4090.

are you guys experiencing this?

I feel when i restart pc it works fine for a little while and then this sluggishness holds me down.  It wastes SO MUCH time.  I dont know if max, corona or windows or a combination of.

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