topic Re: 3D Studio MAX 2026 issues in 3ds Max Forum

3D Studio MAX 2026 issues

hdizajn — Mon, 02 Jun 2025 09:40:29 GMT

First, why is it so hard to find an actual 3D Studio MAX forum?? Is the software being discontinued?!

Next, not sure if I should report these issues somewhere, haven't used Autodesk customer service for a while but there are two issues so far. Each time I open an older scene I have to go to viewport settings because it's completely black and switch to "2 default lights". For some reason "1 default light" is completely black. I even tried saving a new default to be 2 lights, overwritten the old "standard" but it's still black.

Second issue is with the tile map. I literally can't click it's main nor grout texture in standard material editor. I can only add them in slate of course, by connecting.

Re: 3D Studio MAX 2026 issues

JasonLuckett — Tue, 03 Jun 2025 13:41:33 GMT

Agreed the forum is junk and a pain to access, I can get into Vray forum in two clicks.

There are no technical customer support here from 3dsmax employees, just the good will of super users.

I had a problem with Chaos Vantage and within a week they updated the software and rolled it out.

Re: 3D Studio MAX 2026 issues

anuj_abhiwan — Thu, 05 Jun 2025 12:13:10 GMT

3ds Max 2026 Issues (Short Summary): Performance Lag: Some users report slow viewport navigation and rendering delays. Plugin Compatibility: Older plugins may not work properly with the 2026 version. UI Glitches: Occasional UI freezing or unresponsive menus. Export Errors: Issues while exporting to certain formats like FBX or OBJ. Crashes: Random crashes during complex scene handling or rendering tasks.

Re: 3D Studio MAX 2026 issues

hdizajn — Fri, 06 Jun 2025 11:30:38 GMT

Yeah, sluggish viewports is what I'm experiencing also.

Re: 3D Studio MAX 2026 issues

whitebirchstudios — Mon, 09 Jun 2025 02:28:32 GMT

3DS MAX 2026 is a hot mess!

Re: 3D Studio MAX 2026 issues

scummingGKLP4 — Wed, 01 Oct 2025 17:26:27 GMT

Installed the 2026.2 update today. Makes no difference, anything with high poly count needing editing and it crashes. Can't even convert to poly = crash. Boolean...forget it