Autodesk® 3ds Max® 2016
Extension 2 (Ext2) Readme

This readme contains information regarding the installation and use of the Extension 2 for Autodesk® 3ds Max® 2016 software. It is recommended that you read this entire document before installing the software. For reference, you should save this document to your hard drive or print a copy.

Important information:

· In order to run this software, you must first install 3ds Max® 2016.

· The Extension 2 for 3ds Max 2016 requires the 3ds Max® 2016 Product Service Pack 2 be installed.

Versions of the Extension. 2

Prerequisites. 3
Installation. 3
Uninstall Instructions. 3
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Known Issues
Service Pack 2 Fixes
Reporting Issues. 3

Versions of the Extension

Product To Update	Update Filename
Autodesk® 3ds Max® 2016	3dsMax_2016Extension2.msi

Prerequisites

3ds Max® 2016 Service Pack 2 must be installed prior to installing the extension.

Installation

1. Download the appropriate file for your product. See Versions of the Extension.

2. Double-Click the Extension executable.

3. Follow the installation prompts in the Extension installer.

Uninstall Instructions

Windows 7 / Windows 8

1. Open Start > Control Panel > Programs and Features.

2. Click View Installed Updates.

3. Select Autodesk^® 3ds Max^® 2016 Extension 2

4. Click Uninstall.

Known Issues

Max Creation Graph (MCG) now supports animation controllers. The support for controllers do not currently support localization.
When using preset animation on TextPlus the playback may be out of order or offset, regardless of playback type. This can be corrected by switching to Separate By Object to Character, Word, Line or Paragraph, and back again.
When selecting controllers to offset in a animation preset, selecting both the parent controller and the child controller will cause the offsetting to be offset multiple times. In order to get a predictable result only select the parent or the child. For example, if you animate the position of an object you can select the transform, or select the individual axis. Do not select both.
Using parameter names in the Max Creation Graph (MCG) that are reserved words in MAXScript (e.g. name, color, etc.) will result in an error. Please rename your parameter to avoid this issue.

The coordinate systems used in MaxPlus (used by MCG) and 3ds Max (used by controllers) are different; the most noticeable effect of this is that you will need to use QuaternionInvert before output when creating rotation controllers to get the output you are likely to expect.

Service Pack 2 Fixes

The following list contains issues fixed in this release (Service Pack 2 contains all previous Service Pack fixes for 3ds Max 2016).

Key	Summary	Component
MAXX-24683	Corrupted Biped file errors on file and reload reload if you delete out a Biped and save the .max file	Animation
MAXX-24144	Uninstalling Populate Data causes "Install Populate Data!" error loading 3ds Max.	Animation Populate
MAXX-24386	Revit Importer: Geometries have already been simplified, even though SIMPLIFYMESH option is off	Design Suite Interop
MAXX-25608	Revit Import : Model only partially processed	Design Suite Interop
MAXX-25768	Revit_converter.exe will hang for some specific Revit files	Design Suite Interop
MAXX-7345	FLT Export cut off Names	Design Suite Interop
MAXX-24871	Game Exporter resulting in incorrect bone rotation	Entertainment Creation Suites Interop
MAXX-24889	Vertex alpha does not export with FBX	Entertainment Creation Suites Interop
MAXX-22440	Undesirable compilation message	MCG Core
MAXX-22638	Can't get map channels	MCG Core
MAXX-24179	Physics rigid body 'IsKinematic' operator	MCG Controllers
MAXX-24286	Keyboard input does not work in graph editor in Windows 8.1	MCG Controllers
MAXX-24530	A Caching compound within a Cache's Init or Update throws exceptions	MCG Controllers
MAXX-24667	"Get Center Of Mass" node does not return the actual Center of Mass	MCG Controllers
MAXX-24876	Vector Parameters do not have default values like other parameters	MCG Features
MAXX-26419	Black Artifacts with noise filter in RapidRT	Rendering RapidRT
MAXX-23928	Muliti -light toggling will trigger shadow artifacts in viewport	Stingray Live Link
MAXX-25176	Import Inventor file as Mesh type, UVs broken	FileIO
MAXX-26726	FBX export - Application Error occurred on 2byte login user name	FileIO
MAXX-14919	HLSL Shader Materials not supported under nitrous Direct3D 11.0 (Nitrous does not handle #include ".fxh".)	Materials DirectX, Viewports Nitrous
MAXX-23070	Locking PSD file format	Materials Material Editors
MAXX-23283	Cull State Error when opening 2013_StandardMaterial.max	Materials Viewport
MAXX-24894	HLSLMaterialHandle not working	Materials Viewport
MAXX-26849	Texmap Swirl: show realistic material effect has issues	Materials Viewport
MAXX-24988	Signal Parameter Causes Geometry Graphs to Re-evaluate too Often	MCG Core
MAXX-25081	Caches don't work when used in true and false branches of the "If" operator	MCG Core
MAXX-25368	2 Parameter String and Asset in Graph gives MS error	MCG Core
MAXX-25552	Unnecessary evaluations using At operator causes O(n) algorithms to run in O(n^2)	MCG Core
MAXX-25634	Open Compounds - Recent File list	MCG Core
MAXX-25777	Vector3 Parameter - Does not update properly on Time changed	MCG Core
MAXX-25915	CreateBox's smoothing groups being set to 0 causes combined meshes to lose their smoothing groups	MCG Core
MAXX-25961	Quaternion to Euler	MCG Core
MAXX-26177	Degrees to Quaternion operator	MCG Core
MAXX-26373	Combine Mesh set Vertex color to black when 1 of the meshes has vertex color	MCG Core
MAXX-26565	Adding MCG path to 3dsMax.ini removes the local user path from being compiled	MCG Core
MAXX-26775	Compiler should generate cache ids per node instance	MCG Core
MAXX-26816	Empty Vector3 Parameters generate maxscript with a decimal but not in Europe...	MCG Core
MAXX-27027	Custom MCG directory will fail to compile when a tool fails in either System or User MCG folder	MCG Core
MAXX-16431	Shift locks the spline creation to only one axis.	Modeling
MAXX-25101	Mirror tool flips Normals when used on objects with the Edit Poly modifier.	Modeling
MAXX-25470	Program error deleting SkinWrap target	Modeling
MAXX-27143	Missing DLL - prim.dlo error	Modeling
MAXX-25071	Modifier Sets have blank buttons for old, removed modifiers	Modeling Modifiers
MAXX-25572	When creating an invalid procutter from maxscript the user has to click on multiple dialogs	Modeling Modifiers
MAXX-26476	Program error picking Spline Morph target with lots of spline sub-objects	Modeling Modifiers
MAXX-23128	3ds Max 2016 Render from command line adds 9 seconds to a 1 second frame	Rendering
MAXX-24935	Program error of 3ds Max when tabbing from out of the resolution settings	Rendering
MAXX-24099	State sets corrupts the viewports	Rendering StateSets
MAXX-17867	Ctrl+A does not "select all" when using "select from scene"	Scene Explorer
MAXX-24749	.NET exception and white tree view with Display Missing Plugin filter	Scene Explorer
MAXX-21717	workspace default : viewport layout tab no longer appears in main UI on startup	UI
MAXX-25667	3ds Max Viewport Outline memory leak	Viewports
MAXX-26311	NitrousGraphicsManager.ShadowmapSizeLimit memory leak	Viewports
MAXX-26312	Nitrous: MMB panning of viewport causes memory leak	Viewports
MAXX-26313	Changing NitrousGraphicsManager.ShadowmapSizeLimit to 1024/2048 etc. leak RAM	Viewports
MAXX-26314	Possible Memory Leak... RAM consumption balloons	Viewports
MAXX-15647	Nitrous does not show correctly with Multi/Sub material.	Viewports Nitrous
MAXX-20394	See-through display mode doesn't work with Vertex Color display	Viewports Nitrous
MAXX-25150	Fix AlphaTestEnable With Nitrous	Viewports Nitrous
MAXX-25425	Undo Use Color Map for StingrayPBS material will error 3ds Max	Viewports Nitrous
MAXX-26303	Display issue when using grouped objects	Viewports Nitrous
MAXX-26345	MMB panning of viewport causes serious memory leak with NitrousGraphicsManager.ShadowmapSizeLimit > 512	Viewports Nitrous
MAXX-26411	Nitrous - memory leak with time slider dragging or playback	Viewports Nitrous
MAXX-26534	Patch OGS ATIL fix	Viewports Nitrous
MAXX-26861	Nitrous realtime reflections do not function anymore (Max2016)	Viewports Nitrous

Reporting Issues

When a software error occurs, Autodesk’s Customer Error Reporting (CER) makes it easy for you to send the details of the software error to Autodesk for analysis. We thank you for taking the time to fill out these reports and ask you to include as much information as possible about what actions you were performing at the time the error occurred. These details are very much appreciated by the Autodesk 3ds Max Quality Engineering team.

For further information about CERs refer to www.autodesk.com/cer.

For issues not resulting in a CER Autodesk provides a way for you to report general product problems/defects so they can be evaluated and possibly addressed in future products & services.

For more information see: www.autodesk.com/3dsmax-defectsubmission

Have an idea for a feature or tweaks to existing workflows? Autodesk values this feedback and has created online forums for collecting 3ds Max feature priorities along with new ideas.

For more information see: 3dsmaxfeedback.autodesk.com

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