Direct x not working in 3ds max 9

ae.

Im running windows vista and i want to upgrade to 3ds max 9 so i checked out the demo everything runs fine but in the material editor the direct X feature is not showing up so i cant see real time renders of my textures on my objects anyone knoe how to fix this?

Carl Brannstrom

Did you use a standard shader with Directx manager or did you make a directx shader?

If you used directx manager, make sure you have clicked "show material in viewport".

If you made a directx shader, you should try using a custom made one (http://forums.3dtotal.com/showthread.php?t=63244) since the default one can be a bit troublesome.

ae.

no the normal directx shader in the direct x Manager in the pulldown only two things come out:

light map and metal bump 9? it should be an optiion for a directx 9.0 or something there