FP7.0.9 performance issues

[Rokas]

Material editor is not empty, so it is not just merged (or Your "empty" scene is not that empty).
Thanks in advance for any further comments on this issue you can share with us / our user community (in case some user(s) will run into similar troubles).

[suppenhuhn]

So we got a solution on this problem !! Sorry for the suspicion of forest pack for this issue - but unfortunately this issue appears right after upgrading to FP7 
Issue:
Extrem slow scene loading and (auto)saving, as well a poor overall performance + freezing when try to place a forest object into the scene. Also very large filesize without having heavy or complex meshes. Also merging into a new file without success.
Solution:
1. 3ds Max Preference Settings -> General Tab -> turned off Load Plugins when used ( had a little impact on the performance but still freezing when placing FP objects )
2. This script cleaning up the max-file solved the whole issue - our file was reduced from 57MB to 6MB. We found it at this post at the autodesk-forum : https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/3ds-max-forum/3ds-max-files-takes-a-long-time-to-open-save-autosave-and-close/m-p/7705377/highlight/true#M153489

[RealViz]

Hello, put this script to script/startup and enjoy. All your scene will be much smaller ;-)
This script run everytime you open scene. No click to button need ;-)
edit: put on every workstation you have. Because if you merge file or xref all notetrack and anim layers is also merge to max.

[suppenhuhn]

cool, thanks