Autodesk 3ds Max / 3ds Max Design Service Pack 1 (SP1) 2014 Release Notes

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

Additional Resources
Prerequisites
Versions Of The Service Pack
Install / Uninstall
Known Issues and Defects Autodesk 3ds Max / 3ds Max Design 2014
Customer Involvement Program (CIP) and Customer Error Reports (Customer Error Reports)

Use the following table to locate various resources related to 3ds Max 2014 / 3ds Max Design 2014:

 

Resource

Location

Installation, licensing and networking instructions

http://www.autodesk.com/3dsmax-install-2014-enu

System Requirements

www.autodesk.com/3dsmax-systemreq-2014-enu

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

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Initial Install

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

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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.

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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

 

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Customer Involvement Program (CIP)

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.

To enable CIP:

  1. Install and start 3ds Max / 3ds Max Design.

  2. If the Customer Involvement Program dialog box is not displayed automatically, then in the Help menu, click Customer Involvement Program.

  3. In the Customer Involvement Program dialog box, select "Participate - with contact information."

  4. Enter a valid email address and company name, if any. Click OK.

Customer Error Reports

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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