Can't open VP Background in Max 09 or 11

Tom Ellis

Hey there,

I'm having a strange problem with Max, I can't seem to load a viewport background image.

I'm going through the 'Alt-B' menu and when I click to open the file browser, I can't actually open the image. The file browser displays and finds all the relevant images in the folder I navigate to, but clicking 'Load' or double clicking on the image does nothing. The 'Load' button isn't greyed, just completely unresponsive.

I'm not sure if it's a driver issue, I noticed when I click 'Devices' in the viewport menu, it shows no I/O handlers.

I've tried with both Max 2009 and the 2011 demo and get the same results in both.

I know I could just make a plane and slap the image on that but I prefer to work with the viewport background.

Any ideas?

Thanks

Tom Ellis

Ok kinda fixed...

It looks like the problem is where the file is located.

I can load images which are anywhere within 'My Documents' but nothing which is in a folder outside of My Documents. For example, an image in 'My Documents/3D/Scene1/Reflplane.jpg' would load fine, whereas 'C:/3D/Scene1/Refplane.jpg' wouldn't work.

Can this be changed or is it a known thing?

Eric Chadwick

Sounds like a permissions issue again, dunno though since I use Win XP. I can grab images from anywhere, at least in 2008 and 2010.

Tom Ellis

Thanks Eric,

Hmm it is a strange one, I'm the only one with access to this computer and I've tried the 'Run as admin' option which doesn't seem to help.

I guess it must be something to do with permissions as you say. No big deal but a little frustrating.