3ds Max will be shut down !!!

[muh_1987]

Hello there,

I want to render out my scene but mental ray engine give an error message that talk about fatal error and max shut down.
why 3ds max will be closed when I want to render alittle big scenes?
any one can help me?

[mikeab7925]

what 3ds max are you using? what is your operating system? if vista and 3ds 2009 are you using dx10? i find dx10 is flakey on my system.

[muh_1987]

thank you,
maybe your right,my max is 2008,xp,dx9,2gig ram,2*2.5 cpu.
the next problem with this is when I low down some redner propertise like GI photons it will work easily.
the deal with max is just time not to shut down my scene.

[mikeab7925]

your welcome, it sounded like a dx10 issue i was having. now that your system info is there maybe someone else might be able to help. wish you the best. also my 3ds 2009 crashes now and then for what seems like no reason so i may be having a issue too. it hasn't really bothered me that much. my system specs are pretty much the same other than i use xp64bit and vista64.

[Need_Help]

How many polygons are there in your scene and is there any reflective / refractive material used in the scene? If you have high polygon count and you are using lots of reflective / refractive material in your scene, then your Max might crash when you try to render it as those will use up lots of RAM and PC resource.

My advice for you if you want to render a big scene but don't want to lose the quality is by using region render and 'build' up the final scene in any image editing software. So, you have to divide it into few 'pieces' to render, then combine them to get your final image.

Thanks.

[prithvi]

Wow, I almost fell off my chair when I saw the title of your topic

[yorae]

That title really caught me too since i really only use 3dmax

I think the problem is the capablity of the computer

cause when i try to change do high quality rendering or change hair to mesh the same problem happens

xpsp2, dx9, 3dmax 9, 728ram, 128mb, graphics card