3ds MAX Crashing, Need Help!!!

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Hello mga cgpips, masters and techies......I really have a serious problem regarding my 3ds max 2009 with vray 1.5 sp2....it always crushing!!!!. not in rendering, it happens when im just modeling, editing and moving around inside the scene.....and I dont know why!....hindi naman heavy un scene ko and naka vray proxies na un ibang models inside the scene.

Here's my system config:

OS: Windows Vista Ultimate 64-bit
Intel Core 2 Quad @ 2.83 GHz
8 GB RAM
ATI Radeon HD4870 x2 (2 GB)

Here's the screen shot:


Is it max 2009 or vista the problem?

kietsmark wrote:sir meron kang windows update o hehehe joke
sir does this happens only in max 2009? before ba is anong gamit nyong max? and gaano kalakas ung power supply mo? new rig ba yan?

salamat sir kietsmark sa pag-bisita........it happens also in max9.....about sa power supply, its FSP 800W EPSILON......yup bago lang tong computer 2 mos old.

ytsejeffx wrote:salamat sir kietsmark sa pag-bisita........it happens also in max9.....about sa power supply, its FSP 800W EPSILON......yup bago lang tong computer 2 mos old.

sir you can try this link... http://rand.com/imaginit/1/rss/viewitem.asp?feedid=BLOGS_VISUAL_ALL&guid=303 baka sakaling andyan ung culprit sa pag crash ng max mo.

san ka ba nagmomodel sir? if autocad yan i think dun sa unit nya.. then yung nagcrashed naman sya try mo magrepath sir. then huwag mo apply yung materials mo sa labas. example kung may map ang diffuse mo try mo iclick muna yung diffuse map then tapos dun mo iapply. i hope nakatulong bosing

sir i dl mo ung creativity extension for max 2009
bka mka2long

waaaaaah! I'm having the same problems! is yours already solved? if it is, please tell me what to do! waaaaaah!

setheichel wrote:waaaaaah! I'm having the same problems! is yours already solved? if it is, please tell me what to do! waaaaaah!

Honestly sir dko na solve un problem...I have a deadline in my job.......kaya hinayaan ko nalang....after I finished my work, I follow the recomendations of our CG Techie friends here in CGP, and then I started with a new project, and it was not happening again.So I think my file is corrupt.......thats why it keeps crashing 3d ma.....try mo i-download sa autodesk un SP1 para sa max 2009.....God Bless

bro late rply ko hehehehhe. ganyan din ngyayari pag gumagawa ako sa max,try mo after ka mg apply ng material or yung merged objects mo ay display as box mo para gumaan yjng scene mo kasi pag nka shade yung mga objects kumakain eto ng ram.

I can think of a thousand ways, but wouldnt knpw kung di ko matest machine mo. It could be a license issue as well. Liek if the licences are corrupted and max is set to auto backup, I'm sure mag eerorr yan. Another thing to test is your display drivers, Try to use software z-buffere muna and see if it helps - you can set that up by invoking a "3dsmax.exe -h" and select z buffer or select the display driver thru the preferences.

pedio84 wrote:bro late rply ko hehehehhe. ganyan din ngyayari pag gumagawa ako sa max,try mo after ka mg apply ng material or yung merged objects mo ay display as box mo para gumaan yjng scene mo kasi pag nka shade yung mga objects kumakain eto ng ram.

Thanks sir dun sa tip mo!...................I will take note of it.

v_wrangler wrote:I can think of a thousand ways, but wouldnt knpw kung di ko matest machine mo. It could be a license issue as well. Liek if the licences are corrupted and max is set to auto backup, I'm sure mag eerorr yan. Another thing to test is your display drivers, Try to use software z-buffere muna and see if it helps - you can set that up by invoking a "3dsmax.exe -h" and select z buffer or select the display driver thru the preferences.

Salamat sir Roy!.......ngayon ko lang nalaman na may contribution din pla un license kung sakaling na-corrupt nga sya. Can you ellaborate more about using z-buffer software? and sa command prompt ko ba i-type un 3dsmax.exe -h?....thanks again.

Arigato gozaimasu!

command -h is the same shortcut for the display driver selection. You can do that as well via preferences. Z-buffer is the fool-proof defacto display mode of MAX. Sometimes most error issues concerning max are display driver related - if you are having display errors and shifting to software z-buffer solved your problems, then there was a problem with your graphic board, drivers (open Gl or Direct 3d) .

v_wrangler wrote:command -h is the same shortcut for the display driver selection. You can do that as well via preferences. Z-buffer is the fool-proof defacto display mode of MAX. Sometimes most error issues concerning max are display driver related - if you are having display errors and shifting to software z-buffer solved your problems, then it there was a problem with your graphic board, drivers (open Gl or Direct 3d) .

thanks sensei..........now its clear to me.

dou itashimashite.
you are welcome.

bro change mo ung direct 3d mo to open gl.nasolve ung problem ko jan.try mo.

3ds max 2009 keeps crashing?

Here is the solution:
For some time I’ve been experiencing a lot of problems with 3ds max design 2009; 8 out of 10 times when I was panning or zooming, max was crashing and I was losing more time waiting for it to restart than I was spending on the actual work.

The first thing that crossed my mind was that it might have been a hardware problem; either the ram memory or the video card. However, it couldn’t have been a hardware malfunction since I had the same problem with all the 5 workstations (identical configurations) in our office. I have updated the drivers with the latest versions, but nothing seemed to solve the problem.

Today when I was talking to a friend of mine this subject came up and he told me that he had been having the same problem, but unlike me he managed to solve it. Apparently it all had to do with the “view cube” and after disabling it, max doesn’t crash every 15 seconds.
I checked this out first thing when I got back to the office, and to my surprise, it did the trick.

Therefore if you are using 3ds max 2009 and the software crashes when zooming or panning in the viewports, than the solution to your problem is to disable the viewcube.
You can do this by renaming the file called “AutoCamMax.gup” located in “program files, autodesk, 3ds max 2009, stdplugs”. (You can delete it as well, but just in case for some reason you decide you want this back, renaming it is the way to go). HERE IS THE LINK OF THAT.......

http://www.cgdigest.com/3dsmax2009-crash/

weewww... got same problem too.. thanx for the tips...