topic Re: Importing an object with standard material in 3ds Max Forum

Importing an object with standard material

chrisbpryke — Thu, 24 Jun 2021 00:29:42 GMT

Hey guys, Im having troubles importing object into my scene and Max 2022 changing the materials from standard to physical material.

Is there a way i can stop max from changing the materials to physical materials and leaving them as standard?

Re: Importing an object with standard material

Diffus3d — Sun, 27 Jun 2021 00:47:00 GMT

Hello @chrisbpryke and welcome to the community,

First, make sure to save your UI settings. Customize -> Save Custom UI Scheme. (You might even back up your user settings entirely (ENU). I'm not sure if the following will mess or disable custom toolbars.)

Next, go to Customize - Custom UI and Defaults Switcher. Scroll down the default settings to Max.legacy. That should make your default material type the legacy material for all new scenes, unless you have a custom Maxstart.max file.

Best Regards,

Re: Importing an object with standard material

chrisbpryke — Sun, 27 Jun 2021 23:49:24 GMT

Thanks for your reply @Diffus3d , I've followed what you have said, but it still imports with physical materials instead of legacy standard materials, as you can see in the screenshot.
Is there anything else I can do?

Re: Importing an object with standard material

Diffus3d — Mon, 28 Jun 2021 04:38:16 GMT

I suppose you can try the scene converter, perhaps it can convert to standard materials. Any luck?

Best Regards,