Weird Max can't select glitch??
polycounter lvl 19
Hey all!
So my version of max is acting really wonky all of a sudden. I'll be working on a model (regular poly editing) and I'll select a face, do something like extrude the face out using the "settings" button and then I'll try to deselect the face or select another face and max simply refuses to let me. I can turn Editable Poly mode on and off, but I can't deselect my geometry or select new geometry or even select or deselect new faces within that piece of geometry.
I can't even select or deselect new geometry with the selection list or by going to Edit Select None, Select All or Select Invert. They're all greyed out.
The only thing I can do is close max and start it up again but if I do this, its only a matter of minutes before the error will occur again.
Anyone have any ideas what might be causing this?
I'm running Max 2009 on a Quad Core 3.0ghz with 8gb of ram.
The only thing I can think of is that I recently switched over to OpenGL from Direct 3D because the latest Nvidia drivers were causing max to crash quite often.
Thanks!
So my version of max is acting really wonky all of a sudden. I'll be working on a model (regular poly editing) and I'll select a face, do something like extrude the face out using the "settings" button and then I'll try to deselect the face or select another face and max simply refuses to let me. I can turn Editable Poly mode on and off, but I can't deselect my geometry or select new geometry or even select or deselect new faces within that piece of geometry.
I can't even select or deselect new geometry with the selection list or by going to Edit Select None, Select All or Select Invert. They're all greyed out.
The only thing I can do is close max and start it up again but if I do this, its only a matter of minutes before the error will occur again.
Anyone have any ideas what might be causing this?
I'm running Max 2009 on a Quad Core 3.0ghz with 8gb of ram.
The only thing I can think of is that I recently switched over to OpenGL from Direct 3D because the latest Nvidia drivers were causing max to crash quite often.
Thanks!
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I just figured out what the problem was... Feel free to mock me openly... I'm watching a Training DVD on character modeling in VLC in the background. Spacebar is the Pause key in VLC but its also the LOCK key in max, so I was locking my ability to select and deselect objects!
Whoops!
http://boards.polycount.net/showthread.php?t=67382
as an animator lock selection can be very useful - for anyone else its a annoying key especially if you have a background in Adobe products or Maya.