Missing Material Libraries 3ds Max 2022

[Anonymous]

I'm looking for the old legacy materials and the new arnold materials. Search produced ansers from 2016 and older which didn't help.  Here's a screenshot of what I got:

Thanks in advance;)

[wernienst]

For some Arnold materials, look here (download at the bottom)

https://docs.arnoldrenderer.com/display/A5AF3DSUG/Material+Library

[Anonymous]

Today I installed MAXtoA-4.3.3.21-2022 from the Arnold website.   I see some of the materials in material browser but most of them are not showing in the thumbnail except for the nature.mat materials. I went to Check the "Legacy 3ds Max Map support" box but couldn't see it in the 2022 version of MAX. Even though I put the path to the Map folder, it still doesn't show thumbnails except for nature.mat.

[CiroCardoso3v]

Check this

[Anonymous]

Yes I did find that and tried it with no joy.  I really think Autodesk should get behind this and make it less of a pain ... it makes the software almost useless.  I see that you have MAXtoA version 5.0.0.11  ... I downloaded 4.3.3.21-2022 which was stated was the latest for max2022.  I'm wondering whether that makes a difference?

[Anonymous]

I downloaded the plain MAXtoA library and now I see those 20 or so arnold materials ... hooray!

[Anonymous]

I'm still not able to see legacy materials or all of the Arnold materials.  Please see my material browser screenshot.  I have some of the Arnold materials and some of the nature materials but I'm sure I'm missing a lot. 

[CiroCardoso3v]

I am using a Beta version, that is why it is different.

The material library seems right. Which legacy materials you think you are missing?

[Anonymous]

Missing all the metals, skies, ground, tiles and etc.  Dozens of materials.

[wernienst · Accepted solution]

You've probably found this already:

<HDD>:\Program Files\Autodesk\3ds Max 2022\materiallibraries.

Then, here in the Support/Downloads section: search for 2021 (not 2022) Downloads.
There you will find a collection of legacy sample scenes and materials as an 1.7GB .exe file.

Please note that some of the material libraries only show up when using the ART renderer.

[Anonymous]

Thanks for the great advice;) I got the files which seems to have all the materials and maps I need.  Now I need it to populate my material browser.  I'm able to get some of the materials to show up using the configure project paths but those do not remain when I start a new project.  How do I get the system to find the materials and open up for all future projects?