Max 2018 update 3 crash when trying to any object from another file.

[StrobFX]

I have a scene with a character rigged with CAT that I created in max 2017. I can open it in max 2018 but when I try to merge it in another scene or even in a blank scnee max crashes!

Please help it is a critical bug that prevent me to do my work. I really need to merge those scene together.

thanks!

[StrobFX]

I just went back to max 2017 and tried to merge another scene with the same cat rig and it also crashes in max 2017.

[StrobFX]

I just discovered that when I go back a few version earlier I can merge those scene entirely. So I have to find out what was introduced at some point in my scene to cause the crash.

[StrobFX · Accepted solution]

Ok I found the cause of all this: it was due to a plugin called Lucid by Ephere. When a scene contains an object with a lucid modifier with a record path set to an inexisting file (like when it's not recorded yet) and you try to merge that scene, max will crash or sometimes gives an assert failed message.

I forwarded the bug to Ephere.

[StrobFX]

Weird I can't edit my title to add the word MERGE that I forgot! "Max 2018 update 3 crash when trying to MERGE any object from another file."