[Vladyslav Ivanov]

Hello, could you please assist me with a following issue:
I can’t save materials in Project manager, drag and drop from Slate material editor doesn’t work, and those buttons in the project manager user interface are grey and inactive. Also I can’t copy-paste materials from the Scene materials tab.

Plugin version: 3.20.25
3ds Max version: 2020/2022
Renderer: Corona

[Oleksandr Kramer]

You can’t add new materials to scene materials in this way.

You should use the material library file to add new materials from the SME

[Vladyslav Ivanov]

Thanks Oleksandr!

P.S. Huge respect for Ukrainian symbols on the website, take care!

[Oleksandr Kramer]

Thank you!

[Dominic Patel]

Hey,

 

Is this the same in Max 2024? I’ve always saved materials by dragging the wire out node from the SME to a library in Project Manager.

I’m using the latest version of Max 2024 (updated yesterday) and V-Ray 6.1

 

Thanks

 

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[Oleksandr Kramer]

This a logical 3ds max restriction for all versions – of course, you can’t add new materials directly to the scene materials, because it doesn’t material library file.
To add a new material to the scene, you should assign it to the object.
You should use the material library file to add new materials from the SME

[Dominic Patel]

OK so the drag and drop functoionality as per this video has been dropped?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qbtoPvZjaQ8&ab_channel=3d-kstudio

 

thanks

 

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[Oleksandr Kramer]

No – all work as always. Just remember that scenematerial is a read-only material library.
You mess scenematerials and material library files

 

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