2015 Selection Tool is broken and Sizedependant and like a diva

[Anonymous]

Hi there!

I finally switch from 3dsmax 2014 design to 2015 design and the selection tool is completly broken and my workflow is also broken.

=-The selection-tool is size dependant and ignoring small objects if i zoom out (see my attachment and it happens 100% all the time)

its impossible to work in a usual way if u allways have to zoom in ten times and check and double check if u have all parts selected

i hope u have a solution or i need to get back to max 2014 wich worked like its supposed to work

i hope somebody can help me or u know a script or plugin that can fix this problem!

(i installed sp1 and sp2 and still no cure for the problem ;(  )

seeya, daniel

[Steve_Curley · Accepted solution]

I have no idea if the solution (to a different issue) posted here will help, but it's worth a try.

[Anonymous]

HOLY #*($"§))%  !!! that was it!!!! 

size dependant selection problem fixed with :

NitrousGraphicsManager.HardwareHitTestEnabled = false

Thanks for your help!! and Autodesk... pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeease add this to your next Servicepack because the 3dsmax 2015 workflow is totaly broken with this option enabled 😉

seeya, daniel

[Steve_Curley]

Remember that the above solution will only affect the current session. To make it "permanent" you need that instruction as a Maxscript file in your Scripts/Startup folder:-
C:\Users\[username]\AppData\Local\Autodesk\3dsMax\[version]\ENU\scripts\startup

[Anonymous]

hehe of course!!! i directly created a new script for this in startup that will be now one of my "3dsmax-new-version-MUSThave" scripts.. 

same with the outputgamma=1.0 , old file menu and close infocenter forever.

the startup folder from the 3dsmax 2015 root directory (3dsmax2015/scripts/startup) is also working

anyway SUPER BIG THANKS!!! .. your reply was so laser fast that i couldnt believe it ;))

the viewport is not a single bit slower (770gtx) but now i can work peacefully again 😉

Seeya, daniel

[Steve_Curley]

Glad it helped, and thanks to Spacefrog for supplying the solution 🙂

[Anonymous]

It`s not the viewport navigation that will be slower but selections in a complex scene.

[Anonymous]

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@Anonymous wrote:
It`s not the viewport navigation that will be slower but selections in a complex scene.

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But if your selections in a complex scene are wrong, what good does that do you?  Faster is not better if it's broken.

[Anonymous]

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@Anonymous wrote:

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@Anonymous wrote:
It`s not the viewport navigation that will be slower but selections in a complex scene.

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But if your selections in a complex scene are wrong, what good does that do you?  Faster is not better if it's broken.

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Who said that they are wrong? They are sizedependant like the original poster said. This doesn`t effect my workflow

because i usually zoom/navigate in to select objects in the scene.

[jamesscotland73]

Months later and still not sorted, PATHETIC