For some reason Render to texture is not saving a file for me. I go through all the steps to baeke out a Normal map in Max 8, and I hit render, the render wondow shows me the unwrapped model with the normal map applied, but even follwing Mops tutorial to checnk the settings, Max is Not outputting a normal map at all. Did I…
Do you have the most recent Max service pack installed? I think max 8 is at SP 3 now. There has been a number of fixes to render to texture since original release.
Download the Max 9 Demo from autodesk site and render your maps with it. Try to solve the problem later, maybe your Max 8 version is broken and you mentioned a dealine, so its better to find a quick way to continue to work. By the way, which Windows version do you use? I can remember there was a bug with render to texture…