3ds Max freezing on first rendering

[geoffloo]

Hi all,
I know this is a known issue but I'm still have problems with this, is there a fix yet? 
I'm using Max 2016 with the latest SP1, Corona is 1.2.1 updated today. Box license.

When I start the computer and open max, the first rendering freezes the computer until it finishes the rendering.  If I close and reopen Max then all's well for the rest of the day. 

My morning workflow is to open Max, render a cube at 320x180 and then restart Max.  Hoping to avoid this soon.

Thanks
Geoff

[maru]

Interesting. Does it happen even if you are not using any textures? Just plain box? Anything else in the scene? Does it also happen with other renderers?

[geoffloo]

Just tried this,

Made a box and hit render with mentalray, no issues.  I switched to Corona and added a default CoronaMtl (no textures) and it froze.

Actually if I hit render again it still freezes, so its more than the first render, it's until a restart Max.

[maru]

I have two ideas here:
1. FTH - looks like it's becoming more popular these times ;) https://coronarenderer.freshdesk.com/support/solutions/articles/5000678431
2. When Max is frozen, if it's long enough, you could try making a minidump file and sending to us, here is the instruction: https://coronarenderer.freshdesk.com/solution/articles/5000524006-how-to-report-issues-
( 2. Reporting Error Messages or freezes )
You can send the minidump file over to support@corona-renderer.com .

[geoffloo]

Made the Minidump and emailed it.
Thanks

[geoffloo]

Also, There are no FTH events this morning

[Ondra]

The corona was not rendering when the minidump was taken. Instead something froze the whole 3dsmax (it is sleeping on purpose), but I cannot see what. What other plugins do you use?

[geoffloo]

Thanks Ondra,  I don't use any other plugins that I know of. This is an out of the box installation that my firm did a few weeks about, all new hardware and everything, I just installed Corona and went at it.  Did I do the minidump wrong?  I'm happy to try doing it again.
Thanks
Geoff

[Ondra]

no, it was not wrong in any way, these things just sometimes do not give enough info. It is a thing to try, not a silver bullet :(