About

SimbiontMAX 2.6 is a powerful plugin for rendering DarkTree procedural shaders, 3D maps, and materials in Autodesk® 3ds Max® 6, 7, 8, 9 and 2008.  SimbiontMAX is free to DarkTree owners and there are lots of shader files you can download from this site and around the internet.

 Shaders

Many shaders, 3D maps, and materials are available for SimbiontMAX through the DarkTree Repository.  Download and use these files just like they were bitmaps ... powerful and dynamic resolution independent 3D bitmaps!

• .dsts - Shader and Material files load into the SimbiontMAX Material plugin.
• .dstc, .dstp, .dstb - 3D color, percent, and bump maps load into the SimbiontMAX Map plugin.

 Download

Download SimbiontMAX 2.6 and enhance 3ds max’s materials with DarkTree shaders.  Don’t forget to download some shaders!

• Download SimbiontMAX 2.6.
• Download DarkTree Shaders and Maps.

 System Requirements

SimbiontMAX 2.6 requires very little memory but lots of CPU power.

• 3ds Max 6, 7, 8, 9 or 2008.
• Windows Vista, 2000, XP Professional or XP Home.
• Intel compatible processor at 500MHz minimum (2Ghz recommended).