This readme contains recent information regarding the installation and use of Autodesk 3ds Max 2014 SP1 and Autodesk 3ds Max Design 2014 SP1 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
Use the following table to locate various resources related to 3ds Max 2014 / 3ds Max Design 2014:
Resource |
Location |
Installation, licensing and networking instructions |
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System Requirements |
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Learning Resources |
www.autodesk.com/3dsmax-learningpath or www.autodesk.com/3dsmaxdesign-learningpath |
Support Resources |
www.autodesk.com/3dsmax-support or www.autodesk.com/3dsmaxdesign-support |
Users must have Autodesk 3ds Max 2014 / Autodesk 3ds Max Design 2014 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 2014 / Autodesk 3ds Max Design 2014, 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.
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Product To Update |
Update Filename |
Autodesk 3ds Max 2014 |
3dsMax2014_SP1.msp |
Autodesk 3ds Max 2014 Design |
3dsMaxDesign2014_SP1.msp |
Installation:
1. Download the appropriate file for your system. See Versions of the Service Pack.
2. Double-click the Service Pack 1 executable.
3. Follow the installation prompts in the Service Pack 1 installer.
Uninstall:
Windows XP
1. Open Start > Settings > Control Panel > Add or Remove Programs dialog.
2. Turn on Show Updates at the top of the Add or Remove Programs dialog.
3. Select Autodesk 3ds Max 2014 Service Pack 1 / Autodesk 3ds Max Design 2014 Service Pack 1.
4. Click Remove.
Windows 7
1. Open Start > Control Panel > Programs and Features.
2. Click View Installed Updates.
3. Select Autodesk 3ds Max 2014 Service Pack 1 / Autodesk 3ds Max Design 2014 Service Pack 1.
4. Click Uninstall.
If there have previously installed versions of any beta software (including Release Candidate (RC) versions) of Autodesk 3ds Max 2014 / Autodesk 3ds Max Design 2014, uninstall and delete 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.
The following list contains known issues in this release:
Defect |
Summary |
MAXX-12824 |
The render parameters in 3ds Max 2013 files cause a program error that removes all the saved State Sets |
MAXX-12586 |
Customer Error Report when using Clone brush in Viewport Canvas |
MAXX-12541 |
Program error when using MassFX Bouyancy and the Shape Instance operator |
MAXX-12519 |
UVUnwrap: Peel lock-up |
MAXX-12441 |
Image-Based Lighting and Distributed Bucket Rendering cause intermittent program errors. |
MAXX-12361 |
Image-Based Lighting and Distributed Bucket Rendering produce over-bright images. |
MAXX-12414 |
Populate: Recover from error if the registry keys are not set up properly for the Skin engine. |
MAXX-12407 |
Program error in Nitrous with SwapChainAMDStereoDx11 |
MAXX-12401 |
Populate: Right-click cancel not working correctly with idle areas in add/subtract mode and also on Reset. |
MAXX-12276 |
Populate: Simulation of Xref'd flow causes program error. |
MAXX-12194 |
Expose Transform helper is broken. |
MAXX-12180 |
Populate: Adding a modifier to a pathflow/idle area and then Undoing causes an error. |
MAXX-12118 |
Arm pops in corrupted Idle file. |
MAXX-12107 |
Program error after import when regenerating a character |
MAXX-12069 |
Program error on startup, dxutil, MaxDXUtilites, GetAdapterIdentifier |
MAXX-12051 |
Exchange Store shouldn't report error messages for other products' packages. |
MAXX-12030 |
Creating more than one Expose Transform and selecting a different Expose Transform causes a Customer Error Report. |
MAXX-12016 |
Warnings from the mental ray Translator |
MAXX-11978 |
Problem with Pausing and Resuming an iray rendering |
MAXX-11977 |
Create flow idle/area brush tool stays active after Reset. |
MAXX-11972 |
Populate: Extend/Modify flow tool is broken. |
MAXX-11946 |
Program error when rendering to EXR format |
MAXX-11898 |
Typing a value in a spinner where only the last digit changes doesn't always update the value. |
MAXX-11886 |
Backburner 2014 queue control seems to be broken. |
MAXX-11885 |
Backburner: Suspend current jobs not working. |
MAXX-11873 |
Lighting Analysis Image Overlay effect is present in 3ds Max Entertainment. |
MAXX-11871 |
CAT: Undoing Global Weight results in messed-up rigs. |
MAXX-11870 |
CAT: Undoing parameter update issues |
MAXX-11857 |
Switching from Graphical to Default menus causes program errors. |
MAXX-11856 |
Program error on selecting State Sets in Quad Menu after reinstalling into a different directory |
MAXX-11855 |
MacroRecorder reports toolMode.coordsys #pivot. |
MAXX-11852 |
RayMeshGridIntersect broken |
MAXX-11834 |
Lags when navigating large-scale scenes because of software hit test |
MAXX-11817 |
Inconsistent texture-resolution control |
MAXX-11810 |
Default renderer used instead of Maxstart.max file renderer assignment. |
MAXX-11808 |
Display name does not refresh in Material Map\Browser. |
MAXX-11791 |
Populate: Idle Areas/Flows when hidden via 3dsmax Display leaves placement marks behind. |
MAXX-11780 |
CAT：Program error after setting a key for CAT parent object |
MAXX-11779 |
Simulating and Scrubbing with Set Key distorts textures. |
MAXX-11766 |
Bit Depth on Render-To-Texture renderings not consistent |
MAXX-11758 |
Modal error message with Caustics and Image-Based Lighting |
MAXX-11753 |
Global Search / tooltips don't work in some cases. |
MAXX-11750 |
Edit Named Selection Sets button error |
MAXX-11747 |
On/Off controller: Program error opening Track View |
MAXX-11745 |
Morpher modifier: Timeline slow-down with an instanced Morpher modifier |
MAXX-11743 |
Program error in ParamBlock2::GetRefNum() |
MAXX-11732 |
Skin Morph modifier: Unordered mesh vertices coming from Maya FBX can cause a program error when using Edge Loop. |
MAXX-11731 |
Program error when opening scene with scripted material extending DirectX 9 |
MAXX-11722 |
Textures do not respect Texture Resolution Limit when "Show Shaded Material in Viewport" is on. |
MAXX-11716 |
Motion Mixer: File I/O failure with 3ds Max objects |
MAXX-11715 |
mental ray will not render multiple Substance textures when using Backburner. |
MAXX-11713 |
Console menu (X key): Program error on Merge command |
MAXX-11711 |
Meta data on Custom Family Types lost in 3ds Max. |
MAXX-11705 |
Populate: For flow paths, regenerating any of the crowd res characters then switching to high res, the customization gets lost. |
MAXX-11699 |
MAXScript and SDK: rotateYPRMatrix inaccurate |
MAXX-11683 |
Program error on loading a scene file |
MAXX-11678 |
Slider hide in the Perspective view |
MAXX-11667 |
Import .dxf causes eInvalidSymboleTableName error with some models. |
MAXX-11655 |
Populate: Flows / Idle Areas can be keyed. |
MAXX-11648 |
Populate: No intersection Snapping within the same Flow |
MAXX-11647 |
Populate: Floating People from Flows with no outlet and an intersection of two Ramp landings |
MAXX-11631 |
QuickTime rendering failures |
MAXX-11625 |
Progressive is set to On on closing 3ds Max. |
MAXX-11607 |
Populate: Width parameter not using display units. |
MAXX-11567 |
Frozen splines aren't displayed in gray (have original color). |
MAXX-11562 |
Populate: Pedestrians seem to be biased to respawn from only one lane when multiple lanes are available. |
MAXX-11561 |
Access violation / Program error loading file Entities25r.max. |
MAXX-11556 |
When resizing viewports in 2D Pan Zoom mode, the model and background go out of sync. |
MAXX-11554 |
When in 2D Pan Zoom mode, background image not loaded on startup. |
MAXX-11547 |
Exceptions and asserts when using MAXScript to edit the MassFX Rigid-Body modifier. |
MAXX-11529 |
Bump maps inverted when using Noise with the iray renderer. |
MAXX-11506 |
Program error when exporting a file into FBX |
MAXX-11505 |
Exporting a file into FBX and importing it back into 3ds Max causes an error. |
MAXX-11504 |
Graphical menu updates when building menus in MAXScript |
MAXX-11503 |
mia_material's photon shader does not use Cutout opacity correctly. |
MAXX-11501 |
Delay when selecting or deselecting a Body Object imported from a .SAT file. |
MAXX-11492 |
Adaptive Degradation: Creating a Teapot in Perspective view causes the object to display as a box in other views. |
MAXX-11442 |
Max 2011 can't load a 574-MB scene saved from 2014/2013/2012. |
MAXX-11350 |
MAXScript: skinOps.(is)RigidVertex can't address first vertex of skin. |
MAXX-11265 |
Textures in MetaSL maps do not respect Texture Maps resolution limitation. |
MAXX-11205 |
Black images when rendering a .MI file on MRStandalone on Linux created from 3ds Max. |
MAXX-11169 |
CAT: Using the Animation Controller option in Setup Mode causes arm to pop. |
MAXX-11154 |
Regression: Performance decrease with Body Objects in wireframe mode. |
MAXX-11118 |
Screen environment map shift when using 2D Pan Zoom mode |
MAXX-11110 |
Bug in the "Save Custom UI Scheme" dialog. |
MAXX-10966 |
Populate: CUI actions that do creation don't work when called from the Quad Menu. |
MAXX-10955 |
Populate: No range limit from MAXSWcript for Path Flows and Idle Areas properties. |
MAXX-10677 |
Populate: Pedestrians start with the same animation offset. |
MAXX-10313 |
Text Size and Kerning not matching in Adobe After Effects. |
MAXX-10261 |
Parameter Wiring: Program error on New/Reset/Open/Close with file open. |
MAXX-9418 |
Locked UI in some floating dialogs such as Render Surface and MassFX Tools |
MAXX-9260 |
Cannot open file with D3D viewport driver and NV480 card. |
MAXX-8733 |
Program error in PeopleOrchestrator, Evolver::Avatar |
MAXX-7296 |
Enable cross-hair produces a lag when selecting. |
MAXX-7040 |
CAT: Manipulation Affects Neighbors in Hierarchy does not work. |
MAXX-6344 |
CAT: Copy/Mirror hand setup not working. |
MAXX-6194 |
Program error when Dope Sheet: Layer Ranges used with CATRig. |
MAXX-5227 |
Nitrous: castle.max not responding after locking and then unlocking the system. |
MAXX-3512 |
Modifier Stack: Collapse list for idle areas needed fixing. |
MAXX-1842 |
CAT: Undo skin operation will destroy the rig. |
MAXX-12237 |
Populate: Program error when regenerating a character in an Idle Area that was modified to be too small |
The first time 3ds Max / 3ds Max Design is started, the Customer Involvement Program dialog opens. If you choose to participate in the Customer Involvement Program, 3ds Max or 3ds Max Design will automatically send Autodesk information about system configuration, which features are used most frequently problems encountered, and other information helpful to the future direction of the product. For further information, see www.autodesk.com/cip.
Install and start 3ds Max / 3ds Max Design.
If the Customer Involvement Program dialog box is not displayed automatically, then in the Help menu, click Customer Involvement Program.
In the Customer Involvement Program dialog box, select "Participate - with contact information."
Enter a valid email address and company name, if any. Click OK.
We can improve the stability of Autodesk 3ds Max / Autodesk 3ds Max Design 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.
For further information about CERs refer to www.autodesk.com/cer.
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