Bat4MAX Setup Tutorial by SimFox

[SimFox]

Sorry I didn't reply earlier...

First of all there is a newer version 2.5 available on Simtropolis:

And now let's look at your questions...

1. when you run this versions of the Bat4Max (2.1 and 2.5 they do test your max when first started and if it is newer then Max 7.5 (eg 8-2009 (11)) it will remove from UI all the settings for NightWindows. Because they are NOT compatible with these versions of MAX. If you set them up and then try to export your model your export will fail. So, yes, you can't use them! But Night Windows only one (and by far the worst), type of night lighting. You can still use all other ones - niteLites, Night Libraries, truNite (which technically not a type of lighting, but rather visualization method that takes one Day/Night export and splits it in2 separate ones, so you don't need ANY special treatment to your lights then could be whatever your version of MAX and render you use support.
BTW the export script included in those releases also supports all type of lights (standard, photometric, V-ray lights etc...) and is Instance proved (meaning it would lead to brightness cascade)
2. Simtropolis tools are missing by design, as they are dealing with Night windows and as such shouldn't be there no more (unless you are using MAX v7 or older).
3. Deltree is absolutelly save to use, but only on Windows XP. If you run any version of VISTA it will simply not work at all...

[Tarkus]

Files from original post reattached.  Credits to SimFox.

-Alex