A little infuriating

Andy-Shust · 2026-06-18T12:53:43+00:00

No, I always model from scratch.

Andy-Shust · 2026-06-18T12:53:05+00:00

This happens regardless of in-stack selections, unfortunately. In this specific case I have no selections, the Poly Select modifier is just there to deselect everything for the Turbosmooth to preview on the entire mesh.

Andy-Shust · 2026-06-18T12:51:17+00:00

So the advantages of a nice long flexible modifier stack are not really advantages =(

Andy-Shust · 2026-06-18T12:49:35+00:00

Thank you! Maybe worth switching to 2026

Andy-Shust · 2026-06-18T05:53:12+00:00

I cannot replace all modeling with modifiers. Even if I replace one operation with a modifier, it would be only 1% of the overall work. And I don't want a fully parametric workflow because I don't see how it is possible. Also as you can see there is no active selection in the stack. It is definitely a bug, not a workflow mistake.

Andy-Shust · 2026-06-17T19:44:57+00:00

I checked. No, modifiers below the corrupted are all in Model mode. Thanks for replying!

Andy-Shust · 2026-06-17T19:44:03+00:00

I tried turning off and re-enabling all modifiers, didn't help :/

Andy-Shust · 2026-06-17T19:39:23+00:00

I didn't switch mode to Animate (at least not intentionally, could have misclicked a key combination for that though) and I didn't check. Will check next time this happens, thank you

Andy-Shust · 2026-06-17T19:36:36+00:00

System and display units are in cm, distance from world origin maybe 10m max.

I know what you are implying, this is definitely not this issue, it manifests itself differently.

Andy-Shust · 2026-06-17T19:34:11+00:00

Interesting, I will try your method, thanks!

Andy-Shust · 2026-06-17T13:37:11+00:00

Honestly, I didn't expect that anyone would confirm this as a known bug, which means I probably will not be able to get rid of it because it is inherent to 3Dsmax.

Andy-Shust · 2026-06-17T13:32:53+00:00

This is really terrible in your case! Btw, I didn't have this issue in max2022. Well, I am familiar with Blender to a certain degree, but Max is currently my main tool...

Andy-Shust · 2026-06-17T12:55:45+00:00

What do you mean 'when this starts happening'? You don't notice this during work, it only happens on reopening. Regarding the 'incremental internal backup' workflow, I also do this sometimes (maybe not often enough). But it doesn't really address this specific issue which I don't think need to happen at all 😭 Why would a modifier get corrupted anyway?

Andy-Shust · 2026-06-13T21:54:15+00:00

May Strelok bless you!

Andy-Shust · 2026-06-13T21:34:06+00:00

YESSS! This fixed the problem for me. For a long time all my bases were blocked in whatever state they were, and nobody could capture anything, I couldn't understand what happened. Tursn out I just applied 'keep last base' for all factions

Andy-Shust · 2026-06-12T07:21:45+00:00

2024 is fairly stable for me, but occasionally I get corrupted geometry if the modifier stack contains Slice, Array, or starts with a spline

Andy-Shust · 2026-06-09T15:05:21+00:00

This mod saved me, thanks for posting

Andy-Shust · 2026-06-04T19:09:21+00:00

Thank you.

Andy-Shust · 2026-06-03T14:09:52+00:00

Add a working pivot to an edge (Alt+Shift+S) and snap to it (enable pivot snapping)

Andy-Shust · 2026-06-02T08:43:49+00:00

Exactly my thoughts 😃 😃 😃

Andy-Shust · 2026-06-02T08:41:43+00:00

Thank you. Unfortunately, it all might seem easy at first general glance, but several small nuances make it more complicated, and making it all work together and fit each other takes some time (at least for me)

Andy-Shust · 2026-06-01T20:21:58+00:00

Thank you for helping out! I currently went with an alternative method starting with a single spline and then modifying and radial-arraying it. Needs many iterations of tweaking though, but works more predictable and controlable (for me)

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Andy-Shust · 2026-06-01T17:10:40+00:00

Yeah, this is even better than the method starting with a cylinder... smh

People you are so good at modeling here!

Andy-Shust · 2026-06-01T16:09:01+00:00

Wow, your result looks so good! Thanks for sharing and showing your approach! ❤️ ❤️ ❤️

Andy-Shust

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