Autodesk 3ds Max 2019.2 Update Release Notes
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These
release notes describe what’s fixed, known limitations and workarounds, plus
other important information for this release. We strongly recommend you read
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The following list describes issues fixed in this release that affect you directly. In addition, over 80 other issues have been fixed in the background.
Note: This release contains all previous Service Pack and Update fixes from previous releases.
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Key |
Component/s |
Summary |
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MAXX-43547 |
MAXX:Alembic |
High-speed rotations no longer deform objects. |
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MAXX-43621 |
MAXX:Alembic |
Fixed Unicode support for Alembic files. |
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MAXX-44622 |
MAXX:Alembic |
Fixed missing button in TM Controller. |
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MAXX-42591 |
MAXX:Alembic |
addbone MXS function now immediately updates instead of waiting to
redraw. |
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MAXX-44020 |
MAXX:Alembic |
Fixed an issue with Alembic UVs not importing properly on
certain scenes. |
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MAXX-44015 |
MAXX:Alembic |
Fixed issue where some Custom Attribute types failed to export if
undefined. |
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MAXX-42951 |
MAXX:Alembic |
Fixed channel names not importing in Alembic files. |
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MAXX-44214 |
MAXX:Alembic |
Fixed issues with Alembic, where importing normals
would result in random geometry. |
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MAXX-42658 |
MAXX:Animation |
Fixed crash when loading .bvh
with missing tracks. |
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MAXX-42020 |
MAXX:Animation |
Fixed crash when assigning some modifiers to animated FFD space
warp. |
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MAXX-44992 |
MAXX:Animation |
Fixed Skin Modifier breaking when undo-ing
the deletion of skinned bone. |
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MAXX-44690 |
MAXX:Animation |
Importing a Clip in Motion Mixer no longer causes an error. |
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MAXX-43312 |
MAXX:Booleans |
Fixed crash with Body cutter on certain scenes. |
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MAXX-44075 |
MAXX:Cloud |
You can now see the diffuse maps of Autodesk Materials in Shared
Views. |
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MAXX-45082 |
MAXX:Cloud |
Fixed SVF export failing with Autodesk materials and missing
maps. |
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MAXX-11700 |
MAXX:Cloud |
Removed character limit with loading External Files MXP files. |
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MAXX-44096 |
MAXX:Cloud |
The project switch warning dialog no longer triggers a UI in
automation scripts. |
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MAXX-43941 |
MAXX:Cloud |
MXP files no longer limited to 32k characters. |
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MAXX-43733 |
MAXX:Cloud |
From the MAXScript and Python help, F1
can be used to go to the help web site whether or not
you are logged into 3ds Max. |
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MAXX-44926 |
MAXX:Core |
Fixed crash on shutdown when a create node is in the shutdown
callback. |
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MAXX-44237 |
MAXX:Core |
Particles: Restored right-click access to Object Properties of PFlow and Standard Particle system objects. |
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MAXX-44162 |
MAXX:Core |
Core: Improved robustness of handling configuration file (.ini) updates when the file is UTF16 without BOM. |
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MAXX-43481 |
MAXX:Core |
Core: Fixed handling of decimal separator changes in the Windows
regional settings. 3ds Max will use in all floating point edit fields the
decimal separator symbol specified in the Region dialog > Formats tab >
Additional Settings dialog of Windows. |
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MAXX-43704 |
MAXX:Fluids |
Fluid simulations that have no fluids in the simulation can be
stopped. |
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MAXX-43755 |
MAXX:Fluids |
Fixed bad defaults and limits for motion fields. |
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MAXX-43729 |
MAXX:Fluids |
Fixed issue with fluids emitter checkbox not behaving correctly. |
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MAXX-44354 |
MAXX:Fluids |
Set motion fields speed to 1.0 by default. |
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MAXX-43666 |
MAXX:Fluids |
Fixed issue with fluid presets, where the parameters wouldn't
show up properly. |
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MAXX-43818 |
MAXX:Fluids |
Can now create simulation with guided emitter only. |
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MAXX-44742 |
MAXX:Fluids |
Fixed Crash when closing a color swatch for the Simulator. |
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MAXX-44829 |
MAXX:Fluids |
Fixed an issue where changes in Mesh settings of Bifrost Dynamic
Mesh in the Display Settings tab are not kept. |
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MAXX-44281 |
MAXX:Fluids |
Fix for fluids scale being incorrect due to incorrect decimal
separator. |
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MAXX-44623 |
MAXX:Interop |
Changed the RevitImportPreset.ini location to a writable
location from MAXScript. |
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MAXX-41568 |
MAXX:Interop |
Fixed an issue where importing CATIA files would use more memory
than required. |
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MAXX-44828 |
MAXX:Interop |
Fixed an issue where 3ds Max would crash when importing an fbx file that was created from a source file that had an
object with Point Cache modifier assigned. |
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MAXX-36238 |
MAXX:MaterialEditors |
CME slots in the material editor now use Physical materials. |
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MAXX-44730 |
MAXX:MaterialEditors |
Fixed a rare crash when repeatedly opening the Material Editor. |
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MAXX-45190 |
MAXX:MAXScript |
Fixed crash when performing undo\redo in the MAXScript
Listener Window. |
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MAXX-35795 |
MAXX:MAXScript, MAXX:Python |
Greatly improved Python performance when comparing scene nodes
obtained through pymxs. |
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MAXX-43693 |
MAXX:Modeling |
Added protection to Copy/Paste operations in Map Channel Info
from creating bad geometry and causing crashes. |
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MAXX-41703 |
MAXX:Modeling |
Body cutter fixed. |
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MAXX-35650 |
MAXX:Modeling |
Fix for crash when deleting a bound force. |
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MAXX-42055 |
MAXX:Modeling |
Fix for caddies right-click to zero not updating float field. |
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MAXX-42360 |
MAXX:Modeling |
Fix for pen pressure not working with Intuous
tablets. |
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MAXX-40710 |
MAXX:Modeling |
Fix for EditPoly modifier relax
operation when cloning, instancing, and referencing. |
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MAXX-43739 |
MAXX:Modeling |
SplineTools: Fix normalize spline 'Segment Length' to use display units. |
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MAXX-43837 |
MAXX:Modeling |
SplineTools: Fixes crash when double clicking when using 'attach'. |
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MAXX-43406 |
MAXX:Fluids |
Cleared naming inconsistencies with Fluids. |
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MAXX-43916 |
MAXX:Modeling |
Fixed crash with painting using Turbosmooth
on top of VertexPaint modifier. |
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MAXX-42054 |
MAXX:Modeling |
SplineTools: Fixed pathdeform flipping normals when using flip option. |
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MAXX-45034 |
MAXX:Modeling |
Fixed occasional crash with new Collapse Utility. |
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MAXX-40600 |
MAXX:RealTimeWorkflows |
Fixed crashes with FBX export with substance physical material. |
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MAXX-40559 |
MAXX:RealTimeWorkflows |
Fixed issue with FBX images showing black. |
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MAXX-38870 |
MAXX:RealTimeWorkflows |
Fixed issues with FBX import from Blender files. |
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MAXX-39308 |
MAXX:RealTimeWorkflows |
Fixed crash when exporting FBX with materials with custom
attributes. |
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MAXX-36879 |
MAXX:RealTimeWorkflows |
Fixed crash when exporting model with skin modificatory. |
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MAXX-24889 |
MAXX:RealTimeWorkflows |
Fixed vertex alpha not exporting to some FBX files. |
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MAXX-33604 |
MAXX:RealTimeWorkflows |
Fixed FBX crash when import attached NCloth
FBX file. |
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MAXX-40982 |
MAXX:Rendering |
Fixed Cellular maps as Environment maps not rendered with Arnold. |
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MAXX-44047 |
MAXX:Rendering |
Fixed Advanced wood coordinate locking is not working. |
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MAXX-44488 |
MAXX:Rendering |
Fixed OSL editor "Line number" not obeying font
selection or zoom level. |
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MAXX-44062 |
MAXX:Rendering |
Changing map hierarchy in SME no longer breaks animation in
viewport. |
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MAXX-43436 |
MAXX:Rendering |
Fixed DirectX shader discrepancy between 2016 and 2018. |
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MAXX-44492 |
MAXX:RenderingScanline |
Render Element are now listed in Render Preset file. |
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MAXX-44602 |
MAXX:SceneConverter |
Fixed a crash in the scene converter. |
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MAXX-42819 |
MAXX:UI |
Resolved issue that caused a copy to be created in downloads
folder for dragged and dropped scenes under certain conditions. |
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MAXX-24103 |
MAXX:UVW |
Fixed issues with filtered selection in the UV Unwrap window. |
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MAXX-36099 |
MAXX:UVW |
Fixed rendering artifacts when peeling pined clusters in UV
Editor. |
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MAXX-44275 |
MAXX:UVW |
Fixed unexpected behaviors when using QuickPeel
and a non-square texture. |
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MAXX-43827 |
MAXX:UVW |
Filtering textures by materials in the UVW unwrap window now
works. |
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MAXX-44805 |
MAXX:UVW |
Fixed UV Editor's "Ovoid Overlap" option not being
restored properly. |
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MAXX-38312 |
MAXX:UVW |
Fixed crash in UVW Unwrap Flatten feature. |
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MAXX-44466 |
MAXX:Viewports |
Fixed issue where ObjectIDs were not
set correctly in the viewport after loading a scene. |
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MAXX-44260 |
MAXX:Viewports |
Fixed Multiple UV sets not working consistently in OSL shaders
in viewport. |
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MAXX-44003 |
MAXX:Viewports |
Background color in shader 'Digits' in viewport is now working
as expected. |
The following list describes known issues in this release.
|
Key |
Component/s |
Summary |
Workaround |
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MAXX-45467 |
MAXX:Core |
Visual issues in localized
3ds Max Security Tools for French, German, Brazilian Portuguese, Korean,
Japanese, and Simplified Chinese. |
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MAXX-45353 |
MAXX:Fluids |
Fluid simulation can
fail when Unicode characters are used to form the cache path. |
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MAXX-44838 |
MAXX:Fluids |
Deleting a fluid
object's cache folder can cause Max to become unresponsive. |
Avoid deleting the
current scene's cache folders while Max is running. |
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MAXX-45055 |
MAXX:Fluids |
Load cache's Cancel
button doesn't work all the time. |
Wait for the
simulation to end. |
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MAXX-45224 |
MAXX:PointCloud |
PtsVisible property's viewport order is inconsistent
when working with point clouds. |
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MAXX:45397 |
MAXX:Rendering StateSets |
State sets may not be
translated into the appropriate language as expected. |
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MAXX-44804 |
MAXX:UI |
30 Day Trial dialog
may get hidden behind Scene Converter dialog. |
Use the Windows
shortcut Alt+Tab to bring the trial dialog back
into focus. |
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MAXX-44566 |
MAXX:UI |
Spinners in caddies
don't respect 'Wrap Cursor Near Spinner' preference. |
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MAXX-44557 |
MAXX:UI |
Xref window is not being recognized as a
special case Drag and Drop target. |
Create xrefs from File->References. |
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MAXX-43810 |
MAXX:UI |
Viewport background
color customization may not be saved. |
Use colors with RGB
values of 15 or higher. |
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MAXX-44210 |
MAXX:UI |
Cannot customize File
menu with Open from Vault (also missing from default menu). |
Use the action
"Open from Provider 1..." to customize the menu with "Open
from Vault" action. |
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MAXX-44199 |
MAXX:UI |
Resetting the UI to
default results in fully black Command panel. |
Close and re-open 3ds
Max. |
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MAXX-44151 |
MAXX:UI |
Some spinners receive
a duplication of the value suffix/units display when manually entering
values. |
Ensure the cursor is
inserted before the units in the input field. |
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MAXX-43927 |
MAXX:UI |
Incorrect and missing
icons in MassFX toolbar in some workspaces. |
Use the Default
workspace and access all available functionalities from the Modifier panel
directly. |
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MAXX-43737 |
MAXX:UI |
Some Ribbon and Main
Menu context help links are directed to main Help page. |
Manually navigate to
the desired help topic from the tree view on the left of the main Help page. |
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MAXX-43508 |
MAXX:UI |
Undesirable docking
behavior when docking with, or on, the sides of the Ribbon and Time Slider. |
Avoid docking windows
that require a minimum vertical height into the ribbon or Time Slider, as the
height will remain fixed and the contents not shown. |
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MAXX-43496 |
MAXX:UI |
Track View and Scene
Explorer floating windows may not display correct docking previews. |
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MAXX-44941 |
MAXX:Viewports |
High Quality viewport
shows artifacts when displaying OSL Randomized Bitmap. |
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MAXX-44605 |
MAXX:Viewports |
3ds Max may have
exceptions on shutdown when using "-vo"
options. |
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