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I have been seeing issues with people that are using Max design on some of my rigs. The issue is speed. Just selecting objects can take for ever and moving anything is impossible.
The characters in question are using my RAIC system, this system is being used in both of the free characters that are on my site called Walter and Oliver. They can be found at http://www.paulneale.com/product...nAnimationCharacters.html
If any of you are willing to install and then test to see if you have any speed issues in Max or Max design I would appreciate it. I can’t reproduce the problems and I have some major clients that are telling me there are issues that are stopping them from using the system.
Much thanks to any one that can help out.
Paul Neale
PEN Productions Inc.
penproductions.ca / paulneale.com
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Hi Paul,
I have installed Walter and Oliver. Strangely I can only instantiate Oliver. Walter does not appear after the closing the nice little splash screen.
I was playing around with Oliver and did not see any significant slow down. The rollouts in the modify panel did take a moment to update but still less than a second. I have Max 2010, not the max design version.
Was there a specific set of actions that was causing performance issues?
3DS Max 7, 8, 2010
Windows Vista 32 bit.
Intel Quad Core
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Yep just trying to select, move or just about anything else with the character. We have found the problem thanks to help from Max developers. In Max design there are two INI settings that have been turned off by default, both of these settings affect speed in complex hierarchies.
In CurrentDefaults.ini change both these entries to a value of one if you are seeing slow downs in complex setups.
DontRepeatRefMsg=1
InvalidateTMOptimization=1
Thanks for testing.
Paul Neale
PEN Productions Inc.
penproductions.ca / paulneale.com
Master Classes for Max, Mudbox and Composite
DotNet Tutorials
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I forgot to ask, what did happen when you tried to create Walter? How did you try and create Walter? Can you just open the file, it is located in your Max install in a PENProductions folder.
Paul Neale
PEN Productions Inc.
penproductions.ca / paulneale.com
Master Classes for Max, Mudbox and Composite
DotNet Tutorials
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Glad you were able to resolve the issue. I was not able to open Walter using the create panel. When I clicked anywhere in the viewport, a dialog screen would appear with the picture of Walter, Licensing information, and quotes from Walt Disney, but Walter didn’t appear after closing the dialog. When I tried to open the PEN_Walter.max file I get the following error message:
File Open Failed: C:\Program Files\Autodesk\3ds Max 2010\PEN_Animation\PEN_Walter.max
Not a very descriptive message… Oliver opens without problems.
3DS Max 7, 8, 2010
Windows Vista 32 bit.
Intel Quad Core
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After the reinstall walter is working :)
3DS Max 7, 8, 2010
Windows Vista 32 bit.
Intel Quad Core
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There are two INI settings that need to be changed that affects all complex hierarchies. These two settings are defaulted off in Design and are set when setting the UI design to anything that is based on Design.
Paul Neale
PEN Productions Inc.
penproductions.ca / paulneale.com
Master Classes for Max, Mudbox and Composite
DotNet Tutorials
MX Driver Car and Trailer Rig On Sale!
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