I am at a loss. For the life of me I can't (and I have been trying for hours every day for over a week) get a single particle plugin to work with Arnold inside 3ds Max 2018. I have the latest plugin version of MtoA and Max 2018... anytime I try to render FumeFX, Kratona, Thinking Particles, etc - all of them cause the render to crash 3ds Max (I've tried both ActiveShade w/ Arnold and Production w/ Arnold).
Can I really not use Arnold to render any cool vfx effects like a flamethrower / etc? They only work when I switch to another renderer (like vRay or scanline). I have a whole scene that is meant to work with Arnold. I can't believe I've been having this much trouble rendering a puff of fire with FumeFX and Arnold...
![Autodesk Design & Make Report](https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/1350519iCB55845EBFC43016/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999" "Autodesk Design & Make Report")