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little
04-09-2003, 02:28 AM
I have a model iv been working on for some time now I just updated max to 5.1 i also downloaded the directX patch even though I use openGL. Every time I open this model and turn on the modifiers in the modifier stack it crashes. the only modifiers I have are Tessellate, relax, and meshsmooth in that order if I turn mesh smooth down to 0 I can turn them all on but as soon as I turn the iterations up to 1 or 2 I crash. if I leave it on with iterations set to 2 but turn off tessellate im fine but as soon as I turn on tessellate its fine. I took the model to the school and put it on there pc's that are running 5 and it works fine. I reinstalled max 5 on my system at home without the 5.1 update and it works fine for me but if I put on 5.1 it crashes I tried openGL and directX and I get the same results. if anyone has any ideas please let me know
Pawnee20
04-09-2003, 02:38 AM
ouch... you and that patch aren't getting along. Maybe the best thing to do is not to patch it at all... but it can also be something else, maybe it's another piece of software. Im taking a stab at this but it can also be hardware related. Try updating your device drivers for your 3d card. :surprised
little
04-09-2003, 02:47 AM
i have a gforce 3 i updated the drives to the newest nvidia drivers i also updated all my other drivers
little
04-09-2003, 02:48 AM
is tehre anyway to take the 5.1 update off with out uninstalling and reinstalling max ?
Taoizm
04-09-2003, 04:19 AM
Originally posted by little
is tehre anyway to take the 5.1 update off with out uninstalling and reinstalling max ?

Not that I'm aware of. If you want to revert back to 5 then you need to reinstall. :shrug:
little
07-04-2003, 04:39 AM
im bringing this topic back to see if anyone else has had this problem since the first time I posted this. I have now replaced both cpu's in this system, replaced the ram, and added a new video card so i thought i would try the max 5.1 update again and i get the same problem. i have one model im working on when i turn on meshsmooth, teselate, and relax all at the same time i crash. i copied the max 5 dir before i installed so after i crashed a few time i copied back the original 5.0 and it worked fine again if someone else has 5.1 running and would be willing to try and see if this file works on there system i would email it to them just to see if its my system of max 5.1. or if anyone has any ideas please let me know.
maxlover
07-04-2003, 10:49 PM
i got problem of skining, when apply modifier it crash, try it on ur older driver. it solved my problem at least,
good luck:thumbsup:
little
07-05-2003, 03:02 PM
i tried using 3 diffrent video card drivers and it still crashes but if i go back to max 5 with out the 5.1 update it works great
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