3D Studio MAX 2026 issues

[hdizajn]

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.

[JasonLuckett]

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.

[anuj_abhiwan]

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.

[hdizajn]

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

[whitebirchstudios]

3DS MAX 2026 is a hot mess!

[scummingGKLP4]

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