Max 2011 > 2010

gavku

hey guys is there a way to open a max 2011 file in max 2010?

j_bradford

2011 has the option to save 2010 files, that's the only way as far as I know.

haiddasalami

Isnt there an option like in maya for ignore file version? Alternative would be to export as obj or fbx and reimport that way but I think your stacks would get screwed up. Just throwing out ideas...

gavku

yeah normally I would just have exported an obj or fbx, but was a little sleepy this morning and brought in the max file instead.

Autocon

Max 2011 is the first version of Max to allow you to save out a copy of the file in the 2010 format. IIRC. Max dosnt have the Maya ignore file version.

There is no way to open the 2011 file in 2010. You have to save out from 2011 to 2010.

MattLichy

Yeah.. they FINALLY included that option... idk why the hell they didn't do that for previous versions... god damn

bbob

Because programming is serious business, and because a max file stores more heavily formatted info than a word file? :P

[HP]

Still, you'd say they should have come up with a way to import newer files into old versions of max. Like maya does.

just, stay away from FBX, fucking format never worked for me.

MoP

FBX is perfectly fine as an interchange format. I've often used it to bring complete scenes from Max into Maya and it preserves everything pretty well.

CodeFather

Im using Bobo's BFF Script when I have to go to older versions of max

[HP]

CodeFather wrote: »

Im using Bobo's BFF Script when I have to go to older versions of max

Link?

CodeFather

Here it is:
http://www.scriptspot.com/3ds-max/scripts/bff-2007

[HP]

Thanks man.

Firebert

I have encountered issues opening 2011 files in 2010 even if they are saved out in the 2010 format.

The resolution I have found opening files saved that way is to merge from the file. Even then, some meshes didn't come in correctly or made max crash.

While it is cool that they implemented this option, I think it is still buggered a bit.