Autodesk 3ds Max 2010/Autodesk 3ds Max Design 2010 – 2009.05.12 Hotfix Readme

Autodesk 3ds Max 2010/Autodesk 3ds Max Design 2010 – 2009.05.19 Hotfix Readme

This readme contains the latest information regarding the installation and use of Autodesk^® 3ds Max^® 2010 / Autodesk 3ds Max Design 2010—2009.05.19 Hotfix. It is strongly recommended that you read this entire document before you apply this Hotfix to your product. For reference, you should save this readme to your hard drive. For complete installation and networking instructions refer to the Installation Guide and Network Administrator's Guide with your 3ds Max 2010/3ds Max Design 2010.

Defects for this Hotfix should be reported to Customer Support at:
www.autodesk.com/3dsmax-support and www.autodesk.com/3dsmaxdesign-support

Find learning resources at:
www.autodesk.com/3dsmax-learningpath and www.autodesk.com/3dsmaxdesign-learningpath

Contents

Primary Issues Resolved by This Update
Who Should Install This Update
Supported Operating Systems
Install Instructions
Uninstall Instructions (Microsoft^®Windows^® XP)
Uninstall Instructions (Microsoft Windows Vista^®)

The following issues are resolved with this Hotfix:

Localized Versions

When running the English version of 3ds Max / 3ds Max Design on a Japanese OS, or the English version of 3ds Max on an English OS with Language for non-Unicode programs set to Japanese, the mouse pointer now works correctly when using the ParticleFlow Particle View window. The pointer is no longer offset from the cursor when you drag an item onto a node.

Materials

When creating a new material that uses bitmaps, the bitmaps did not save with the material when saved to a library. Now when saving to a custom library, the bitmap and its full path are saved correctly.

Maxscript

When encrypting a Maxscript file (encryptscript YourMaxScript.ms), the file would generate an error when executing the resulting encrypted file (YourMaxScript.mse). This error would also occur when reading from an encrypted MaxScript file. These issues are resolved.

Parameter Wiring

When Resetting a Scene Parameter, Wire Sub-Controllers would be removed due to the Maxscript Garbage Collection clean-up process. This only occurred when the scene was Reset or an XRef tree was deleted. It did not occur when exiting with a scene Open. This clean-up procedure was fixed for all instances of scene change states.

Undo

Various instances where an action would not appear in the Undo Stack have been resolved. There is no longer an issue when:

Loading the Render To Texture (RTT) dialog by pressing a keyboard shortcut while in the middle of a mouse operation in the viewport, where the mouse operation has started a hold, but not yet accepted or cancelled the hold.
Switching focus away from 3ds Max/3ds Max Design and then back while in the middle of a mouse operation in Trackview, where the mouse operation has started a hold, but not yet accepted or cancelled the hold.
Performing any actions after opening the Time Configuration dialog and clicking OK. New actions would not appear in the Undo stack. This was not a problem if you made changes in the Time Configuration dialog.
Performing a file reset by pressing a keyboard shortcut while in the middle of a mouse operation in the viewport, where the mouse operation has started a hold, but not yet accepted or cancelled the hold.
Switching focus away from 3ds max and then back while in the middle of a mouse operation in the viewport, where the mouse operation has started a hold, but not yet accepted or cancelled the hold.

You can apply this update to the following Autodesk products running on all supported operating systems and languages. Be sure to install the correct update for your software.

32-bit Product

Update

Autodesk 3ds Max 2010 3dsMax2010_32-bit_2009.05.19.msp

Autodesk 3ds Max Design 2010 3dsMaxDesign2010_32-bit_2009.05.19.msp

64-bit Product

Update

Autodesk 3ds Max 2010 3dsMax2010_64-bit_2009.05.19.msp

Autodesk 3ds Max Design 2010 3dsMaxDesign2010_64-bit_2009.05.19.msp

Note: The Autodesk 3ds Max 2010/Autodesk 3ds Max Design 2010 – 2009.05.19 Hotfix includes all previous hotfixes for Autodesk 3ds Max 2010/Autodesk 3ds Max Design 2010.

Supported Operating Systems

Use the following supported operating systems for the 32- or 64-bit version of the Autodesk^® 3ds Max^® 2010 / Autodesk 3ds Max Design 2010—2009.05.19 Hotfix:

Microsoft^® Windows^® Vista^® Business (32- and 64-bit versions)
Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate (32- and 64-bit)
Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium (32- and 64-bit)
Microsoft Windows XP Professional Edition (Service Pack 2 or Higher) (32-bit)
Microsoft Windows XP Professional Edition (x64) (64-bit)

You must be logged into the system as an administrator in order to install the Autodesk 3ds Max
2010 / Autodesk 3ds Max Design 2010 – 2009.05.19 Hotfix.

Download the appropriate file for your system. See the list of file names.
Double-click the corresponding MSP file to launch the installer.

3. Click Next when prompted.

4. Click Finish once completed.

1. Open Start > Settings > Control Panel > Add Or Remove Programs dialog.

2. Turn on Show Updates at the top of the Add Or Remove Programs dialog.

3. Select Autodesk 3ds Max 2010 / Autodesk 3ds Max Design 2010 Hotfix 2009.05.19.

4. Click Remove.

1. Open Start > Control Panel > Programs And Features.

2. Click View Installed Updates.

3. Select Autodesk 3ds Max 2010 / Autodesk 3ds Max Design 2010 Hotfix 2009.05.19.

4. Click Uninstall.

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