some strange problems in max..

[yuriynyr]

1. i have the default renderer set to scanline, however, my materials are set to mental rays arch maps. also, there is some weird text at the top that i boxed. (image 1)

2. all the objects that i create, come up in the same (random) color. normally the next object i create would be a different color. (image 2)

3. with the renderer on scanline, i had to replace the arch maps in material editor to standard and applied it to the objects in my scene without changing any attributes. as u can see in image 3, the rendered image displays the objects like their ambience is way up.

btw... i tried reinstalling twice. the same thing. everytime i load up max, i always have to switch from default lighting to scene lighting (ctrl+L).

this is all at default.. very confusing.

[yuriynyr]

ok.. it turns out that everytime i load max, in the environment and effects window, i have Logarithmic Exposure Control in "Exposure Control".

by default its on and i dunno y, when i set it to no exposure from the drop down menu, my objects dont look ambient no more. so i fixed that.

everything else is still the same. i also dont know why everything is coming up at default this way. i havent changed anything.

[Catlin]

That colour box does not change the colour of the object you know...i think thats what ur trying to explain

[yuriynyr]

yea i know that.. but what im saying is by default, when max is loaded, it should load all the standard shaders with scanline renderer. but with my case, even though its set to scanline render, the materials are for mental ray. that is the problem along with the other problems.

[Catlin]

ohhh well then i have the same problem if this can be done,all mine load for scanline and i want it all for vray.If that can be done

[The IC]

weird...your 3dsMAX is loading like 3dsVIZ does by default

in any case, to both yuriynyr and Catlin, if you set up MAX how you want it (i.e. renderers, materials, viewports etc. etc.) and then save it as "maxstart.max" into your My Documents/3dsmax/scenes folder, then whenever MAX starts itll load that...also, if youre not running 3dsMAX 9, then the scenes folder will be in the place you installed MAX

[yuriynyr]

oh catlin if you want vray to be loaded instead if scanline you can just open the Render window(F10), and expand "Assign Renderer", and then for "Production", click the box to the right, set it to VRay, and then save as defaults.

i guess when i set up max to load the way i want, i should save it and reload it everytime i load max.. but o well.

thanks Catlin and IC.

if anyone still figures anything out, please post.