mlinde
06-17-2003, 04:56 PM
Want those missing plug-ins and new features from 7.5c but fewer of the hassles and crashes that people have encountered? You might want to try this. It appears to work (I'm still testing it). I will say that again and again here. I'm trying it, it appears to work, but it may not. Be prepared to revert to your original LW 7.5 if you run into a problem, and please, post it here so others are aware that something went wrong.
Please note that I have not fully tested and qualified this workaround. I am still reviewing it's usefulness, but it appears to work right now. I take NO responsibility if it doesn't work for you.
So here's what I'm doing now, in order to gain the benefits of 7.5c without the hassles:
1) COPY your entire LW application folder, and all it's contents to a secondary location. Rename it something nice like "good old lightwave" COPY all your lightwave preference files to a safe location in that "good old lightwave" folder.
2) Download and install 7.5c over the LW you left in your applications folder.
3) Create a new folder on your desktop called "Plugins" Copy ALL the plugins from the 7.5c installation in your applications folder.
4) Delete the contents of the Lighwave 3D 7.5 folder in your Applications folder.
5) Copy EVERYTHING from your "good old lightwave" backup into that folder (restoring your original 7.5 stuff)
6) Folder by folder, go through the Plugins folder you created on the desktop, adding all of them (and replacing the existing versions) to your Lightwave 3D 7.5:Plugins: folder
7) Launch Lightwave and hit Option-F11. Use "Scan Directory" and add the plugins.
8) Quit Lightwave, relaunch, and voila! You have 7.5 with the missing plugins, the DVView render options, and all the other new features of 7.5b/c.
What you don't have is the new LScript (2.6.1) which causes all sorts of problems, and the crashing Modeler application. As I said before, I'm still testing this out, but logically it should (and so far does) work.
Please note that I have not fully tested and qualified this workaround. I am still reviewing it's usefulness, but it appears to work right now. I take NO responsibility if it doesn't work for you.
So here's what I'm doing now, in order to gain the benefits of 7.5c without the hassles:
1) COPY your entire LW application folder, and all it's contents to a secondary location. Rename it something nice like "good old lightwave" COPY all your lightwave preference files to a safe location in that "good old lightwave" folder.
2) Download and install 7.5c over the LW you left in your applications folder.
3) Create a new folder on your desktop called "Plugins" Copy ALL the plugins from the 7.5c installation in your applications folder.
4) Delete the contents of the Lighwave 3D 7.5 folder in your Applications folder.
5) Copy EVERYTHING from your "good old lightwave" backup into that folder (restoring your original 7.5 stuff)
6) Folder by folder, go through the Plugins folder you created on the desktop, adding all of them (and replacing the existing versions) to your Lightwave 3D 7.5:Plugins: folder
7) Launch Lightwave and hit Option-F11. Use "Scan Directory" and add the plugins.
8) Quit Lightwave, relaunch, and voila! You have 7.5 with the missing plugins, the DVView render options, and all the other new features of 7.5b/c.
What you don't have is the new LScript (2.6.1) which causes all sorts of problems, and the crashing Modeler application. As I said before, I'm still testing this out, but logically it should (and so far does) work.