[Fernando Tella]

Hi,

From 3dsmax 2009, windows xp 32bits.

When I try to switch an applied embedded material to referenced, max crashes.

Also when using referenced materials, textures don't show in viewport.

[Bogdan Coroi]

We know about the crash and it was fixed. It will be available in the next patch.
About the textures, do you have "Show Standard Map in Viewport" checked in 3dsmax material editor?

[Fernando Tella]

We know about the crash and it was fixed. It will be available in the next patch.

Great!

About the textures, do you have "Show Standard Map in Viewport" checked in 3dsmax material editor?

Oops, you are right. It shows indeed. I guess I got confused because embedded materials show texture regardless you have that button push or not. This shouldn't be like that, right?

[Bogdan Coroi]

Oops, you are right. It shows indeed. I guess I got confused because embedded materials show texture regardless you have that button push or not. This shouldn't be like that, right?

Not really. Let me explain it a bit how it works.

The embedded material can display 2 types of textures, using 2 different checkboxes: The standard 3dsmax "Show Standard Map in Viewport" and the MaxwellBitmap node level one, "Show in Viewport" checkbox.

1. By checking the standard 3dsmax "Show Standard Map in Viewport", you'll get a texture that tries to simulate the entire material.
2. By checking MaxwellBitmap's "Show in Viewport" checkbox, you'll see only that texture in viewport and the 3dsmax checkbox will be unchecked automatically.

Those 2 checkboxes exclude each other, that means you can only have one of them checked at a time.

Right now, the MaxwellMaterial starts with the 3dsmax checkbox unchecked but it acts as if the button is checked. (This is due to a limitation and we didn't find a way to handle it yet). But if you check it, then everything is working as I described above.

[Fernando Tella]

Hmm here the embedded material always shows the a texture. If I click Maxwell's "Show in viewport" it shows its particular texture, but unchecking it shows the global look again despite what I do with Max's button.

[Bogdan Coroi]

It's true. That's the bug I've mentioned above. After unchecking the Bitmap node checkbox, we can not check 3dsmax's material button. But if you check them by hand they will work as expected.