The Redshift installer for Windows will register the redshift4max plugin based on the versions of 3ds Max you selected on the 'Select target DCC applications' installer page. This is done by copying various dlls and other required data into the 3ds Max installation directory.This section describes how to perform the same steps that the installer performs automatically. This may be necessary, for example, if you install 3ds Max after installing Redshift.
To install the Redshift plugin for Autodesk 3ds Max you will
need to copy files from your Redshift 3ds Max data folder
(normally C:\ProgramData\Redshift\Plugins\3dsMax to
your 3ds Max program folder and the plugins subfolder.
For the purpose of this example, let's say you installed 3ds Max
2018 after installing Redshift and you wish to install the Redshift
plugin for 3ds Max 2018. The 3ds Max program folder (for a default
installation) would be C:\Program Files\Autodesk\3ds Max
2018.
First,
copy C:\ProgramData\Redshift\Plugins\3dsMax\2018\redshift4max.dlr to C:\Program
Files\Autodesk\3ds Max 2018\plugins\.
Next, copy the contents
of C:\ProgramData\Redshift\Plugins\3dsMax\scripts to C:\Program
Files\Autodesk\3ds Max 2018\scripts\.
Finally, copy all DLLs
from C:\ProgramData\Redshift\bin\ to C:\Program
Files\Autodesk\3ds Max 2018\.
The following shows how to perform these steps from the command line. On most systems, you will need Adminstrator privileges to copy files to the 3ds Max installation folder.
set REDSHIFT_COREDATAPATH=C:\ProgramData\Redshift
copy /Y%REDSHIFT_COREDATAPATH%\Plugins\3dsMax\2018\redshift4max.dlr C:\Program Files\Autodesk\3ds Max 2018\plugins\
copy /Y%REDSHIFT_COREDATAPATH%\Plugins\3dsMax\scripts\* to C:\Program Files\Autodesk\3ds Max 2018\scripts\
copy /Y %REDSHIFT_COREDATAPATH%\bin\*.dll C:\Program Files\Autodesk\3ds Max 2018\