eyezac
12-07-2005, 08:51 PM
I crashed max yesterday while dragging a previously created file into the window of an already open scene (which i do a lot with no troubles up till now).
And now, wondrous to behold, Max will not launch! Goes past it's splash screen fine, loads up the quad windows, gets past the weird chopped-static-mess that fills the windows (which I assume is the fireGL card initializing, since it has done this since I bought the comp without trouble). Then the windows clear, just to the point where I can make something.... But no, a window pops up telling me that the application must now close and i can opt to try and save a copy, or if nothing was opened, it tells me nothing was changed, and all I can do is press OK.
Multiple restarts hasn't helped, insulting Autodesk with their report-a-problem-O-matic hasn't helped either. Any suggestions?
Should I just reinstall it? I hate doing that because it takes me forever to put all the settings back to how I wanted, or forever to gather all the custom keyboard and UI layouts and whatnot. And I always forget something too.
Well I'm annoyed as you can tell! I use fairly basic parts of Max, dont venture much into fancy lighting or hair or cloth, yet I have a feeling that I'm a beta tester for unfinished software. Anyone else feel this way? In fact maybe I'll add my own contribution over at the 'splash screen' forum ;)
Any help would be great, Including suggestions for what other software and software combinations I could use instead of Max. It is getting really old using software that never works properly.
And now, wondrous to behold, Max will not launch! Goes past it's splash screen fine, loads up the quad windows, gets past the weird chopped-static-mess that fills the windows (which I assume is the fireGL card initializing, since it has done this since I bought the comp without trouble). Then the windows clear, just to the point where I can make something.... But no, a window pops up telling me that the application must now close and i can opt to try and save a copy, or if nothing was opened, it tells me nothing was changed, and all I can do is press OK.
Multiple restarts hasn't helped, insulting Autodesk with their report-a-problem-O-matic hasn't helped either. Any suggestions?
Should I just reinstall it? I hate doing that because it takes me forever to put all the settings back to how I wanted, or forever to gather all the custom keyboard and UI layouts and whatnot. And I always forget something too.
Well I'm annoyed as you can tell! I use fairly basic parts of Max, dont venture much into fancy lighting or hair or cloth, yet I have a feeling that I'm a beta tester for unfinished software. Anyone else feel this way? In fact maybe I'll add my own contribution over at the 'splash screen' forum ;)
Any help would be great, Including suggestions for what other software and software combinations I could use instead of Max. It is getting really old using software that never works properly.