Lightwave - Version history

Version 3.0.6 - October 14, 2014

  • fixed: crash on OSX when converting a legacy material to layered
  • re-added support for the legacy material, but its UI only contains a "convert to layered" button
  • fixed: crash when trying to perform image adjustments and a texture did not have any image layers
  • fixed: crash when removing a Maxwell shader from a surface which had both a normal and a backface material
  • fixed: emitters were exported incorrectly, sometimes causing the render to hang during voxelization

Version 2.7.6 - April 25th

Changes

  • the FIRE panel supports camera navigation
  • Maxwell image adjustments can be previewed interactively in the adjustments panel
  • grouped lights which have the same parameter values show up as a single slider in Multilight
  • MXS files can be exported directly from Modeler (only geometry and materials, no cameras, environment settings etc.)
  • stereo cameras are exported as two Maxwell cameras, one for each eye
  • the LW images directory is added to the search paths used by Maxwell at render time
  • send job to network supports animations
  • updated ranges for grass parameters to match Studio

Fixes

  • hiding or showing an object did not refresh FIRE
  • importing materials with the library or gallery browser didn't work in some cases
  • the plug-in was making the LW viewport very slow under some circumstances
  • wrong names for exported objects under some circumstances