i have this problem after i have imported a track into 3dsmax and i won't to add say just a plan and a new material so i setup new material id number is say 179 make a plan turn it into a editable poly i click poly and select all the poly's then where it says polygon:material id's i type in set id 179 press enter and/or drag the material onto the plan instead of it saying in the dropdown box road 179 it says no name 179 but if i select a object that was already in the scene and do the same process it will say in the dropdown box road 179 what am i doing wrong any ideas plz help
the materials have two names, "Slot name" and "material name". I suppose you use "multi/sub-object" in one slot, to change material name need to edit the material and change the name in top. can use my Gmaterialtool to handle gmaterials.