3ds max 2022 fail to save settings

[Anonymous]

I installed 3ds max 2022 today and cannot get these settings to stick.

Every time I restart max, Improve Quality Progressively is on and anti-aliasing is off.

I've reset the *.ini file but still not working. Is this a bug?

Running win10 latest

[Diffus3d]

I've had some problems with Windows 10 security settings being 'helpful' sometimes with things like this.  (For example custom toolbar location/enabling saving.)  If memory serves it has to do with Windows 10 security settings.  I occasionally need to run as admin and set things how I want them for them to stick.  Then I can run normally and everything is fine.  I'm sure there's a setting in Windows I can disable to fix this but I'm not super comfortable doing it because I'm not sure how that affects other things and I hate reinstalling windows/programs.  Might be worth a shot.  

Best Regards,

[Anonymous]

Thanks Diffus3d, I'll try some settings . 🤛

[Anonymous]

Same problem here, ¿did you solve it? 

Save UI configuration on Exit, cannot Save some preferences. 

Can't save Selection/Preview Highlights. 

Untilt Drag and Drop, and shows tiled after restart. 

Grid and Snap Settings also

let me know if you have some way to solve it. 

thanks

Trico

[HEEROLEEYUY]

Having the same issue, I save my setup and the next time I open 3ds Max it has reset to default

[Anonymous]

yeah i am having the same problem can not disable the preview highlight boxes it just comes back on a restart

[daniel]

Same here, "Grid and Snap Settings" get not saved nor some of the settings under "Preference Settings".

[mfeldhaus]

I am seeing the same thing.  Also in Slate Material Ed - Options/Move Children resets to default.

[kossatz]

Do you guys have V-Ray installed?

There is a bug in 2022 that prohibits the changes made in the preferences and settings. To check, please uninstall V-Ray for Max and try again.

The selection preview/highlight issue is fixed this way on our machines. Though we can not render without V-Ray, so something has to be done to avoid this.

[daniel]

I am using V-Ray, will try uninstalling.

Uninstalling V-Ray did the trick, but is no useful solution in my case. Let's hope Autodesk or Chaos Group will quickly release a fix .

[kossatz]

Thank you for confirming it is caused by V-Ray. But as you said, this is no solution!

[daniel]

I changed my default settings, reinstalled V-Ray and it kept those settings. Still, any new changes are lost next time you load Max, but at least I have my "defaults" to work with.

[Diffus3d]

Interesting.  Someone should alert Chaosgroup to the problem, they are pretty quick to fix things.  

Best Regards,

[daniel]

No idea if this is Chaos related or if Autodesk did a mistake? I have reported the bug to Chaos. Will post here, if I get a reply from their side.

[daniel]

Got a reply from Chaos. They could reproduce the issue and forwarded it to Autodesk since the fix should be added at their side. 

[kossatz]

I am surprised that

a) Autodesk did not notice the issue while testing their software

b) Chaosgroup did not notice the issue while testing their software

Anyway, I hope this can be fixed. The worst case is that both companies shove around the problem between themselves.

[jon.bell]

Hi @kossatz and everyone,

Okay, I checked on this issue with our developers, and this is a known issue that should be fixed in an upcoming update. What can happen is, a plugin can trigger a "silent crash" when 3ds Max closes which can prevent the last settings/preferences from being saved. We're in contact with the plugin manufacturers to try to ensure this doesn't happen in the future, so I just wanted to make sure people were aware. Thanks!

[Kreaction]

same problem here with max2022.0.1 and vray 5.10.2.2

Didn't tested without vray

Another thing regarding Render Setup dialog:

On a dual monitor setup, open the dialog, set at the lef tof right monitor, close it, re-open -> it goes at the right of the left monitor !!

Compact material editor dialog keeps position when closing/reopening

All these settings and dialogs really have to get checked and fixed.

[kossatz]

Yeah, it is a nightmare. Right now, Max 2022 is unusable if you are using V-Ray.

I wonder how this passed testing and quality control.

[jon.bell · Accepted solution]

Hello @kossatz , @Anonymous , @Kreaction , @daniel and @Diffus3d ,

We've been working with Chaos Group to resolve this issue from both the 3ds Max and the V-Ray side, and hope to have a permanent fix for this shortly. In the meantime, please try the following:

1. Download the attached .zip file, unzip the MAXScript within and copy it to your 3ds Max 2022 \Scripts\Startup folder.
2. After launching 3ds Max 2022 and making various UI customizations, this script should prevent plugin Qt code from resetting various preferences upon the close of 3ds Max.

Please let us know if this works!