sdk requirements for 2022

[matttthias]

What are the maxsdk requirements for 2022 ? I mean the visual studio version (as specific as possible, in the past  sometimes the sdk had relied on special installs from Microsoft that would trigger rare crashes if one used a "main" version of Visual Studio).  Googling for sdk requirements only finds the ones for Maxsdk 2017. 

[attilaszabo · Accepted solution]

Hi @matttthias 

Plugins for Max 2022 should be compiled with VS 2017 toolset v141. 

See the SDK docs for more details: https://help.autodesk.com/view/MAXDEV/2021/ENU/?guid=__developer_about_the_3ds_max_sdk_sdk_requireme...

Googling for 3ds Max online docs does not yield very good results, especially for a new release, as google has to index it etc. Until then, you can either bookmark the online help, or access it from within 3ds Max 2022: Help main menu > 3ds Max Developer Resources > 3ds Max Developer Help.

I hope this helps.

[matttthias · Accepted solution]

https://help.autodesk.com/view/MAXDEV/2022/ENU/?guid=Max_Developer_Help_about_the_3ds_max_sdk_sdk_re...

This is the direct link.  (The first link above points to 2021)

Matthias

[Siger_]

Hi,

I use VS 2019 / toolset v.142 without issues. Most important is Windows SDK version (requires 10.0.17134.0), and Character Set (Use Unicode Character Set).