topic Is 3dsmax 2016 no longer usable? in 3ds Max Forum

Is 3dsmax 2016 no longer usable?

Anonymous — Wed, 24 Apr 2019 00:05:34 GMT

I've been using 2016 student version for years now.

It's been my mainstay. Mainly because I like the IRAY renderer.

It's clean, simple, amazing lighting and shading, and it works with old cheapo GPU's you can get off craigslist.

now I had to reinstall recently, and have been unable to get it activated.

It keeps saying "license expired"

then when I click activate I get "

i have a request code, but no where to put it, because it seems they've pulled 2016 off the site.

DarrenP — Wed, 24 Apr 2019 00:52:48 GMT

2016 is no longer available under the student license program since 2020 came out

so Autodesk will not issue you a serial number for this version

Anonymous — Wed, 01 May 2019 18:24:52 GMT

BUMMER!

So does that mean that when 2021 comes out they'll delete 2017 as well?
that would mean that all my iray scenes will be completely unusable!!

Now I totally regret using all those iray material. Should have just used the ubiquitous archviz material. 😞 😞

madsd — Wed, 01 May 2019 22:07:04 GMT

Physical material is the way to go, looking forward --->

Do note, you can process your old files with the scene converter.