Download NewTek LightWave 3D 2018.0.1 Win/Mac x64
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LightWave 2018.0.1 (Build 3064) Final Release Change Log - Jam 12, 2018
2018.0.1 will install into its own directory. 2018.0.1 uses the same license as your 2018.0 license - just drag-and-drop the license into the interface of 2018.0.1 when first launching 2018.0.1.
Apple installer digitally signed correctly for OSX.
Improved GI sampling for multi-layered BSDFs.
Improved volumetric sampling quality.
'Fit to Background' script was showing up in 'Edit Menus' as RESOURCE("Fit to Background")
Changed the 'Play Forward' / 'Play Backward' time-line commands to toggle playing / stopping.
LB-4488 'Radiosity button called PRadiosity' - Changed to 'Enable Radiosity', as that's what the command does.
LB-4516 BSDF produces a worse GI than standard material
LB-4549 Multilayer EXR files not writing if a buffer has a custom name that's only a single character
LB-4567 Cel-Shader hard crash. switching integrators with VPR running has a spurious destroy(). add init if data is null./
LB-4588 'Object files out of date wile saving' - Changed AskToSaveAllObjects() function requester title to be 'Save Objects' as that's all this function ever does.
LB-4593 Interpolated GI is doubling the GI intensity
LB-4597 Hard Crasher In OpenVDB
LB-4601 no ability to change light type via the SDK
LB-4602 Image Viewer with limited range render gets messed up on hide/unhide
LB-4603 GI has SEVERE issues.
LB-4604 Adaptive Sampling appears to be broken
LB-4612 'BandGlue Tool location' - now set proper
LB-4613 The str_to_itemid() helper function now throws a Python exception if any data type other than string is provided.
LB-4620 The Modeler 'LW_Python' CMDSEQ command now accepts a path to a Modeler Python script to be executed.
LB-4622 Render panel shows wrong status with edge rendering
LB-4624 FBX export is broken on GM
LB-4625 lwsdk.LWCameraInfo() problems
LB-4631 IK Booster load/save handler not initializing correctly
LB-4636 FBX import from other sources not proper in LightWave 2018
LB-4638 Primitive light incorrect visibility
LB-4639 Volumetric indirect buffer is wrong
LB-4640 Volumetrics needs a transmittance buffer
LB-4642 Mac/Win minimize gadget inconsistent for Qt-based panels
LB-4643 Layout/Modeler/Hub crash on quit after fresh start
LB-4645 Nodal textures should export to FBX
LWB-2796 FBX Export: Surfaces are not working
LWB-2803 IES Volumetric Light Problem
LWB-2826 OpenVDB crashes
LWB-2834 Swirl doesn't work with deformed geometry. fix other position error.
LWB-2846 An order of operations problem caused writing into a released pointer, leading to heap corruption.
LWB-2850 Axis translate snapping not working as expected
LWB-2857 headlight contributes differently in PBRGLSL - user wants same as GLSL
LWB-2859 FiberFX Fiber Width and Splay Problems. fix for 0m guide offset.
LWB-2864 Knowledge of Volumetric plug-ins had been disabled in LScript during 2018 development and not restored.
LWB-2864 Removed a pair of Generic LScripts that managed Volumetric plug-in usage.
LWB-2870 Updated the CommandPort settings to use '2018' instead of '2016'.
LWB-2872 Node plugins with a name starting with a digit cause a crash
LWB-2873 OpenVDB Node crashes when used in the Volume Scattering node editor
LWB-2877 Copy to Clipboard and PS CS 5.5
LWB-2879 crash when opening scene editor
LWB-2883 photometric info crash
LWB-2884 DragNetwork Crash
LWB-2885 Crash with manual Surface Conversion
LWB-2929 VPR restarts when it shouldn't
LWB-2933 'Use PBRGLSL is missing' from menus - added.
LWB-2939 Render status window always reports RecFltr = Classic
LWB-2952 The NRC Service configuration is now stored in the /Users/Shared folder, if it is available.
LWB-2952 The OS X version of the NRC Controller was using a different path for locating it's configuration file than that used by the Installer. The two are now in sync.
LWB-2954 Multiple Photometric lights
LWB-2956 Linear Light wrong size in OGL view-port.
LWB-2975 Last LW Joint segment inactive after import from FBX
LWB-2977 View-port freezing while rotating around the scene
LWB-2980 Primitive Shapes don't match openGL representation. Fix up drawing math
LWB-2981 Primitive Light can be scaled/stretched. restore scaling/stretching gizmos.
LWB-2983 SegmentMemory affects nothing and needs to be removed
LWB-2990 Render status window always reports RecFltr = Classic
LWB-2993 Legacy Camera Reconstruction filter defaults to Gaussian in 2018
LWB-2995 GI Sample BG issues with simple gradient
LWB-2996 OSX Presets get overwritten if created too fast
LWF-1248 Modeler quits with "close window" shortcut