This readme contains recent information regarding the installation and use of Autodesk® 3ds Max® 2017 SP2 software. It is strongly recommended that you read this entire document before installing the software. For future reference, you should save this readme to your hard drive.
Note: Autodesk is not responsible for errors or failures of Autodesk software arising from the installation of updates, extensions or new releases issued by third-party hardware or software vendors for the qualified software or hardware identified in this document (or for any other third-party software or hardware that you may use in connection with Autodesk products).
Contents
| Additional Resources |
| Prerequisites |
| Versions Of The Service Pack |
| Install / Uninstall |
| Fixed Defects Autodesk® 3ds Max 2017 |
| Customer Error Reports (CERs) |
Use the following table to locate various resources related to Autodesk® 3ds Max 2017:
Resource |
Location |
Installation Help |
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System Requirements |
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Learning Resources |
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Support Resources |
http://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/3ds-max or http:///knowledge.autodesk.com/support/ |
3ds Max SDK Documentation |
Users must have Autodesk® 3ds Max® 2017 installed prior to installing this Service Pack.
3ds Max Beta Installs
If there are previously installed versions of any beta software (including Release Candidate (RC) versions) of Autodesk® 3ds Max® 2017, uninstall and delete all system folders pertaining to these beta versions before installing the commercial version. Instructions on how to uninstall the beta versions are posted on the beta portal in the Beta and RC Readme files.
Product To Update |
Update Filename |
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Autodesk® 3ds Max® 2017 |
3dsMax2017_SP2.msp |
Install:
1. Download the appropriate file for your system. See Versions of the Service Pack.
2. Double-click the Service Pack 2 executable.
3. Follow the installation prompts in the Service Pack 2 installer.
NOTE for SP2: If you are not using the Autodesk update Manager it is recommended to improve install performance by forcing silent install:
1. Open a command prompt in the same folder as the .msp
2. Run the command:
msiexec /update 3dsMax2017_SP2.msp /quiet /l* update_2017_sp2.log
Uninstall:
Windows 7 / Windows 8
1. Open Start > Control Panel > Programs and Features.
2. Click View Installed Updates.
3. Select Autodesk 3ds Max 2017 Service Pack 2.
4. Click Uninstall.
Windows 10
1. In Search Windows, type Installed Updates and select View Installed Updates.
2. Select Autodesk 3ds Max 2017 Service Pack 2.
3. Click Uninstall.
The following list contains issues fixed in this release (Service Pack 2 contains all previous Service Pack fixes for 3ds Max 2017).
| Key | Summary | Component |
| MAXX-29664 | Animation Trajectory doesn't render until you re-select an object | Animation |
| MAXX-30460 | Bones animated using a HI IK Solver do not animate correctly after goal keyframe changes | Animation |
| MAXX-30614 | Customer Error Report: "Compute Mixdown" in the mixer is causing a program error | Animation |
| MAXX-28653 | Turning on Biped "Figure Mode" can cause program errors | Animation |
| MAXX-27048 | Unlocalize some strings and tooltips under "MassFX" tab in "Command Panel". | Animation MassFX |
| MAXX-30652 | pb1/pb2 parameters with TYPE_WORLD are not rescaled on load if object in a CA | Core |
| MAXX-29639 | Adding a 3rd party plugin path isn't saved properly when running 3ds Max 2017 in French | Core |
| MAXX-30316 | Slow node creation / modifier application in complex scene | Core |
| MAXX-30213 | Add methods for controlling logging level via maxscript | Core |
| MAXX-28535 | Customer Error Report: Program error when deleting coincident geometry | Core |
| MAXX-30753 | Customer Error Report: Program error on startup due to poor debug output | Core |
| MAXX-29238 | MaxPlus fail on set useshaderfx | Core MaxPlus |
| MAXX-31355 | getInterfaces |
Core MAXScript |
| MAXX-31353 | runtime exceptions can lose their descriptions | Core MAXScript |
| MAXX-30761 | gw.text text color not working correctly | Core MAXScript |
| MAXX-30726 | sysinfo.MAXpriority enum values incomplete | Core MAXScript |
| MAXX-30697 | ValueHolderMember::set_value needs to protect its arg | Core MAXScript |
| MAXX-29644 | MaxScript: Extended Standard material doesn't support Show Realistic option | Core MAXScript |
| MAXX-29598 | Maxscript Editor window scroll position after search is broken. | Core MAXScript |
| MAXX-26572 | Save Selected (saveNodes) call using Maxscript on some custom rigs causes 3dsmax to hang indefinitely | Core MAXScript |
| MAXX-31204 | Program error with Qt ParamBlock UI | Core SDK |
| MAXX-29936 | MotionBuilder FBX skeleton with SphericXYZ Rotation, Import result in 3ds Max is incorrect | FileIO |
| MAXX-29400 | FBX presets not saving | FileIO |
| MAXX-31608 | File I/O - running 3 instances of max will have the 3rd to a program error on file open | FileIO |
| MAXX-28179 | Revit FBX geometry scale import issue. | FileIO |
| MAXX-30891 | Error message when trying to save rendered image to protected location does not respect silent mode | FileIO |
| MAXX-30665 | Customer Error Report: Program error on file load with second session when file accesses Autodesk Materials. | Materials Material Editors |
| MAXX-29950 | Customer Error Report: Program error applying specific Blend material setup to object | Modeling |
| MAXX-29758 | Typo in ShapeMap and TextMap .manualHeight Alias | Modeling |
| MAXX-30285 | Point To Point selection is selecting a wrong polygon loops. | Modeling |
| MAXX-30265 | 3D snap isn't snapping to vertices on the same shape when Start New Shape parameter is unchecked | Modeling |
| MAXX-30944 | Tension engine doesn't work with Poly Mesh representations of Cone and Cylinder objects | Modeling |
| MAXX-31001 | Alembic export does not follow naming spec convention | Modeling |
| MAXX-30826 | Snap not working with Editable Poly | Modeling |
| MAXX-29878 | Edge loop - Selection with Shift creates unpredictable results. | Modeling Improvements |
| MAXX-29604 | Slices on cylinders and cones are badly converted to Editable Poly | Modeling Modifiers |
| MAXX-30886 | Missing some modifiers on groups | Modeling Modifiers |
| MAXX-30635 | UVW Unwrap - Flatten mapping spinners do not work | Modeling UVW |
| MAXX-29596 | Internal gammaMgr defaults are incorrect | Rendering |
| MAXX-30947 | Viewport errors reopening legacy files saved with 3ds Max 2017 SP1 | Rendering |
| MAXX-30811 | Physical Sky not visible in Viewport | Rendering |
| MAXX-29379 | Warning: Expected structure "E" missing from "m" shader declaration | Rendering |
| MAXX-29801 | Scene converterpProgram error when converting certain Autodesk Materials | Scene Converter |
| MAXX-29649 | Scene Converter: Replace hardcoded progress display with accurate count | Scene Converter |
| MAXX-30326 | Mental ray custom attributes added to a material even if mray is not present | Rendering MentalRay |
| MAXX-25545 | Particle Flow stacks on top of each other when reopened | Slate SDK |
| MAXX-31006 | Add responsive UI for Stingray DX shader material in 3dsmax | Stingray Live Link |
| MAXX-30325 | Using underlines in TextPlus text causes odd behavior when deleting characters | Text tool |
| MAXX-28792 | TextPlus doesn't show up in the global search | Text tool |
| MAXX-30754 | Customer Error Report: Program error on startup with renamed Brush Presets toolbar | UI |
| MAXX-30008 | Cropped Quick Pelt Dialogue in HDPI UI | UI |
| MAXX-29671 | Right click does not deactivate spinner up/down arrows | UI |
| MAXX-30565 | Viewport Configuration - Display Performance tab has cutoff UI when Windows DPI scaling set to 110% | UI |
| MAXX-30490 | Sub-Object icons in Modifier Stack do not appear when modifier Off in Renderer is enabled | UI |
| MAXX-30130 | Blurry icons in Curve editor (and a couple other places) | UI |
| MAXX-30736 | Changing color swatch in Physical Exposure Control will generate many Undo events | UI |
| MAXX-31164 | Workspace settings revert to Template workspace after closing/re-opening 3ds Max 2017 | UI |
| MAXX-31033 | Add Qt Point2 Spinners to support UI binding to paramblock TYPE_POINT2 parameter | UI |
| MAXX-30839 | QT Node and Texmap button refresh issues | UI |
| MAXX-30646 | QT Spinner used different click and drag cursor than the legacy spinners | UI |
| MAXX-30641 | Numerical Expression tool leaves Physical Camera Exposure Control fields white | UI |
| MAXX-30655 | QtParamUIRep SetTooltip implementation | UI |
| MAXX-30029 | Edit/Editable Poly icon update | UI |
| MAXX-29994 | Text in the rendering dialog has a different background color | UI |
| MAXX-29993 | Text clipping: Lots of text is clipped when DPI scaling not 100%, 125%, 150% and 200% | UI |
| MAXX-29915 | Rendering frame - UI disappears on a mouse click | UI |
| MAXX-29914 | Track Set : Dialog need to refresh properly when resized | UI |
| MAXX-29646 | App button icon is not DPI aware | UI |
| MAXX-29599 | Spinners in "Physical Camera Exposure Control" not working as expected | UI |
| MAXX-30522 | QT Spinners with animated parameters don't return to value after Undo or Redo | UI |
| MAXX-30549 | Resize modifier stack icons so that they don't overlap background outline | UI |
| MAXX-30495 | Sub-Object icons always appear in top modifiers in stack from modifiers/base object | UI |
| MAXX-30475 | QT Spinner: Integer spinner for date/time scrolls 1 value past maximum and minimum when dragging | UI |
| MAXX-30476 | QT Spinner: Some spinners will not work with click drag when starting at default value | UI |
| MAXX-30474 | QT Spinner for integers scales up slowly during click & drag | UI |
| MAXX-30513 | Qt spinner support for Numeric Expression Evaluator (Ctlr+N) | UI |
| MAXX-30516 | Qt spinner: Display red outline to indicate a keyframe at current frame | UI |
| MAXX-30478 | QT Spinner: Doesn't use internal step scale during click & drag | UI |
| MAXX-30473 | Implement a Qt Button TEXMAP type Drag n Drop behavior | UI |
| MAXX-30519 | Qt spinner support for wrap cursor near spinner | UI |
| MAXX-30518 | Relative offset does not work for Integer Qt Spinners, QmaxSpinBox | UI |
| MAXX-30496 | Spline Select missing sub-object icons in Modifier Stack view | UI |
| MAXX-30453 | Implement a Qt Button TEXMAP type | UI |
| MAXX-30357 | Replace plus/minus bmp in Editable Poly and Edit Poly | UI |
| MAXX-30334 | Sun Positioner: Some spinners will result in +/- 0.1 value difference than at start of click-drag action instead of exactly where it started | UI |
| MAXX-30335 | Sun Positioner: Spinners with keys will register Drag+Right-Click as end of drag and remain at last value in spinner UI. | UI |
| MAXX-30333 | Sun Positioner: Date & Time rollout spinners don't work with single clicks. | UI |
| MAXX-30343 | Editable Spline, Edit Spline, Spline Select - Rollout and Modifier Stack icons | UI |
| MAXX-30306 | Update UV Editor Loop Icons | UI |
| MAXX-30269 | Modifier stack sub-object icons scale properly to system DPI scaling | UI |
| MAXX-30268 | Camera mode cursors match DPI scaling | UI |
| MAXX-30600 | Modifier stack sub-object icons - Implementation - Edit Normals, Fillet/Chamfer, HSDS | UI |
| MAXX-30603 | Update Modifier panel icons - HSDS, Hair&Fur | UI |
| MAXX-30264 | Mesh Select icons update | UI |
| MAXX-30263 | Poly Select icons update | UI |
| MAXX-30145 | Edit Mesh icon update | UI |
| MAXX-30146 | Edit Patch icon update | UI |
| MAXX-30126 | Make Qt Param wrapper aware of tab param | UI |
| MAXX-30981 | Make Spinner.cur DPI aware | UI |
| MAXX-30980 | Percentage spinners do not display proper scaled value | UI |
| MAXX-26424 | Create multiRes icons for biped motion panel - Keyframing Tools, Layers, Copy/Paste, Motion Capture rollups | UI |
| MAXX-28069 | Curve Editor / make keyframe handle DPI aware | UI |
| MAXX-30855 | Update Vertex and Loop/Ring icons in UVUnwrap Editor | UI |
| MAXX-30125 | Implement Qt Color Button Drag n Drop behavior | UI |
| MAXX-30472 | Implement Qt Button TEXMAP type Cut/Copy/Clear/Paste behavior | UI |
| MAXX-30461 | Implement Qt Color Button Copy/Paste behavior | UI |
| MAXX-30828 | The vertex number doesn't change on the Modifier Command Panel rollup (Vertex XX selected). | UI |
| MAXX-31032 | Move QMaxRollup.h and QMaxRollupContainer.h to maxsdk | UI |
| MAXX-30982 | Cursor does not change to arrow over QToolButton | UI |
| MAXX-31080 | Biped motion panel: Integrate rollup multi res icons | UI |
| MAXX-31230 | Making copy of Physical Camera can cause 3ds Max to a program error | Viewports Nitrous |
| MAXX-29935 | Cut doesn't work properly on mirrored objects | Viewports Nitrous |
| MAXX-28980 | Viewport Performance mode with fast shader override improvement | Viewport Performance Improvement |
We can improve the stability of Autodesk® 3ds Max®largely because of the Customer Error Reports (CERs) that end-users submit. 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 raise the value of the report immensely and are very much appreciated by the Autodesk 3ds Max Quality Engineering team.
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