command panel interface size problem

[Anonymous]

To the pont.

Size of the command panel is taking half of my screen. No use docking it to left or right size, it will minimize but still preserve this huge undesireable size when I place the mouse above.

Before you ask, Yes, I had tryed several times to decrease it's size manually by holding it's window border. No use.

Unninstalling shouldn't be neccesary, what kind of product will this be?

I appreciate the help. 

[irishman_team_kilber]

you should able to double click on the control panel and it should dock back to the RT handside, and then click on the rt side two arrows will come up and you will able to decrease it that way so you can drag the control panel to the LT making it bigger or to the right making it small that the interface will let you go to

[Anonymous]

Well, as I said, I already did the docking (as shown in the attached images) but it wont allow me to drag or modify the interface size. So I'm still stuck.

Btw, I had reset the pc twice but for no avail

[irishman_team_kilber]

that is the only way i know of getting the command panel back to the normal size, as a last resort i would delete the max.ini file but i would not do this until someone else chimes in to help you out

[Anonymous]

Thx for nothing everyone else.

[Alfred.DeFlaminis]

Hello @Anonymous and welcome to the community,

I think perhaps your user settings have become corrupted.  Would you please try resetting your user settings for me?  Also, which graphics card are you currently using?  Thanks.

Best Regards,

[Alfred.DeFlaminis]

Hello @Anonymous,

I just wanted to follow up here, any thoughts on my previous post? Thanks for the update!

Best Regards,

[Anonymous]

hi,

same problem here, deleted the user files... started it, problem solved ... klicked on modifier list, boom and again controll panel on half the screen for no reason 😞

pls help.

[Anonymous]

ok apperenly its not just corrupting the user files, also the project save files 😕

exportet all objects and importet them in a new file, problem didnt occurred yet again.

[Alfred.DeFlaminis]

That's an interesting bit of information @Anonymous.  Are you or @Anonymous running a custom script which possibly creates objects at some point during your project?  Or was just clicking the modifier menu all that it took to do this?  Was it an empty scene or an existing scene?  Thanks for the info.  

If you aren't running a custom script, then it's something else.  Would it be possible to attach or PM me a link to one of these problem files, please?

Best Regards,

[Anonymous · Accepted solution]

No didnt used a scriped; only thing i can think of what could haved caused the problem,

was a lot of tabbing to UE4 editor and back to 3Ds Max for about 6 hours staigt.

It happend happend instantly, clicking on any tool tab of the command panel would resolve in that problem.

but easy solution:

- close and delet user files.

- open file and export all assets

- close 3ds

- open 3ds and create new File

- import all assets.

done

hope it helps people save time and mind 😛

[Anonymous]

ps. rage deleted the files XD

sry

[Alfred.DeFlaminis]

That is very strange, but thank you for the details @Anonymous.   I've got UDK4 on my machine, I'm working on trying to repro.  What version of Windows are you using?  Thanks!

@Anonymous I am marking that as one solution but if it doesn't help for you we can keep digging.  Please let me know if resetting the user settings helped with your problem.  Thanks!

Best Regards,

[Anonymous]

Hello @Alfred.DeFlaminis

Tryed all solutions above. Nothing helped.

I have uninstalled and reinstalled 4 times by now, but the same thing happens all the times.

Im using windows 8. Tryed it in windows 8.1 and 10 aswell. Same result.

I've long passed from frustration to resignation by now. Its is really annoying to work as it is now, but at least tears are no longer an issue.

[Alfred.DeFlaminis]

Hello @Anonymous,

Ack, that sounds frustrating.  

I wanted to double check that you reset the user settings.  Keep in mind that uninstalling and reinstalling does not clear our your user settings, so if that is all you did then you are still using the old settings.  Did you uninstall/reinstall as well as reset the settings?  Thanks for the information.  

It's a bit surprising that doesn't help though.  The first startup should revert to a single 1 column command panel.   Do you have Update1 installed?  Thanks for the information.  

Best Regards,

[Anonymous]

running win 7 64 pro

3ds max 2017 student version

Ue 4.17.1

[Alfred.DeFlaminis]

Thanks for the information @Anonymous, I am downloading the new version and installing in the a.m.

@Anonymous, any thoughts about my previous post?

Best Regards,

[Anonymous]

Just wanted to chime in and say that I've had the same problem with 3DS Max 2018 just now. 

What happened for me is that the solution that Tezuo had helped somewhat - from deleting the user files, export all assets, close and open 3DS and import all assets... until I tried moving Max to an external monitor. Then it was the same problem. Unplugging the external monitor did not work. 

I updated my graphics driver (Nvidia - it was first released a couple of weeks back), then repeated the steps above that Tezuo and that worked. Thank you! Seems to be working so far. (Fingers crossed!)

[Anonymous]

Hello, I've got same problem and found some solution. By now it works. Just close command panel, restart Max and open panel again. Then press Customize >>Lock UI layout.