Textures/materials missing when importing ripped models in 3DS Max

[alexmach1]

I'm still stumped as to why importing .DAE's to Max yielded blank models, but ah well.

.DAEs generally do not have material files. i believe there is an option in 3ds max to export with materials, but do what i do:

export as fbx
use noesis
export fbx as DAE
.DAE now has materials