3DS Max hitching when deselecting objects

james swanson

If I have an object in the scene selected and I deselect it, it will freeze Max for about 3 seconds. However, this only happen when I have the either the modify or hierarchy tab. Things I've tried:

I'm using 3Ds Max 2015 64 bit
Restarted max
Restarted PC
Reset UI to default
Installed service packs 2 and 3, I already had 1 installed

Using different types of objects, splines, editable polys, etc. It happens with anything. 

I can't seem to repair my max installation for some reason. 

I have a feeling this problem started when I was experimenting with the redshift renderer for Max. I tried uninstalling it and am currently rendering withthe default scanline renderer, but the redshift option still shows up even though I uninstalled it. 

Any suggestions?

Eric Chadwick

What hardware are you running it on? If you have an integrated GPU that can cause all kinds of trouble. Do you have a dedicated GPU and what kind?

Also, what OS?

james swanson

Running windows 10 64-bit

32gb RAM
GTX 980TI - 6gb VRAM

I was able to completely remove the redshift renderer and it made no difference.
I tried reinstalling Max, so I'm thinking at this point it's a video driver issue, so I'm gonna try rolling back a little and will post back with my results.

Eric Chadwick

Nvidia's typically great with Max, so I'm betting it's the driver.

james swanson

Yup, that fixed it. I rolled it back to an older driver from late march and I can now deselect things instantly. For anyone who finds this thread with the same issue: 

Old weird driver for GTX 980TI : 368.39

New working driver:  364.72


Wooooooooot!


Thanks Eric!

monster

At work we started having max 2017 crash with driver 368.39. We all rolled back to 362.xx.