I searched the forum and didn’t find anything on this…

My selection sets drop down has gone empty. The list is the right size (meaning if a file has only two sets, the drop down opens up two lines long, if it has ten, it opens up to the larger size) but the entire list is empty. If I open the edit selection sets dialog, they are all there and work properly. This happens on every file and restarting max and restarting the os hasn’t fixed the problem. Haven’t reinstalled max yet as I’m hoping there’s an easier solution.

Any thoughts? Would deleting the .ini help?

Thanks in advance.

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James Kelly
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I dont know how advanced you are with selection sets so I’ll offer my own experiences. If I add a selection of polygons to a selection set and name that set. I can only access that selection set if Im in polygon mode. If Im in vertex mode, the polygon selection set wont show up. Hope that helps.

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3ds Max 6.5 - Max 2012
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Thanks, but nope. I’m talking about object selection sets, not sub-object. This isn’t user error. It’s a bug.

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James Kelly
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Hi James,

Seems to be working fine here.  It may be worth trying the “rename the ini” trick (rename, not delete!), though my guess would be that it is UI related. Could you try changing your UI “theme” and see if that has any impact? It could be just a corrupt UI file.

Max 4.2 through 2013.
XP-64 (SP2)
NVidia 9800GTX-512 (Driver 266.58).
Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.4GHz, 8Gb Ram, DX9.0c.

Might you have changed the system fonts or size recently? That was my first thought.

wade s

Max 8 (no mo) & 9 (solo) SP2
Win XP SP2, 3.7 Ghz, 3Gig Ram
Quadro FX 3400

So it is somehow ui related. I switch to the default ui or the light ui and it woks fine. I’m only getting this with the dark. It has to be a corruption because I worked with the dark fine for months. Trouble is, I really can only work with the dark so I’m going to have to find exactly where the issue is…

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James Kelly
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I believe all the relevant files are in <installdir>\UI - I know mine are still as they were when installed because I’ve never tried the dark UI, so if you need a copy of them to either restore your system to defaults or to compare and find out what is different, just ask.

Max 4.2 through 2013.
XP-64 (SP2)
NVidia 9800GTX-512 (Driver 266.58).
Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.4GHz, 8Gb Ram, DX9.0c.

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Problem solved, though I’m still not sure exactly what was broken. Switching to a new ui and then switching back to my custom ui didn’t help, but reloading my custom ui on start up did the trick.

Thanks for the help, everyone.

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James Kelly
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for anyone that may run into this, it was driving me nuts so i’ve found a solution that doesn’t include restoring to a backup UI that may not have all your up-to-date customizations.

no idea what causes it, but the problem occurs when the declaration for the selection set dropdown is modified/corrupted in your .cui file.  the .cui is the part of the UI that defines all toolbars (including the main toolbar).  to restore the correct declaration:

1. backup your UI.
2. load your current .cui file into a text editor
3. find this line (item number may be different):

Item28=5|120|120|50037|0|19|2|1344276755|ComboBox|

typically it is right below this line (which is the “new style” named selection set editor icon next to the selection set dropdown):

Item27=2|0|0|31|4|647394|namedSelSets`Edit|0|0|"Edit Named Selection Sets"||0|enss_maintoolbar

4. replace the “ComboBox” line with this one (this is the original, proper declaration for the selection set dropdown):

Item28=5|120|120|50037|0|19|2|1344275266|ComboBox|Create Selection Set

NOTE: depending on how you have customized your UI, your item number and order may be different.  for this to work, you must not modify the total number of items or their order.  if the “ComboBox” line is a different item number, use that one.  you are basically looking to overwrite the existing (malfunctioning) selection set “ComboBox” with the correct one.

greg