Как бы не было смешно, но.... вышел новый пакет исправлений для 3ds Max 8, это уже SP3:
Autodesk® 3ds Max® 8 Service Pack 3 includes a number of critical fixes for 3ds Max 8 across several functional areas, including edit poly, Biped, Cloth & Load/Save animation.
This service pack also includes all bug fixes provided in Service Pack 1 and 2 in the following functional areas: Biped, Cloth, Batch Render, Hair, Material Editor, Maxscript, Script Controller, SDK, Snaps, trackview, particle flow, rendering, DX, display, UV Unwrap and mental ray
Refer to the Readme for more information.
о нем в .rtf файле (110 кб.).