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Hi Thomas !

Thanks for testing this !

I can confirm.
Unchecking "Simulate while rendering scene" in the Fluid Container solves the sequence rendering issue.
Now rendering is complete without...

The frames are left out on F10 renders.
Numbering is 002, 004, 006 . . . . 130, but only 65 of 130 frames rendered.
Every second frame.

TFD simulation was done in GPU mode with nVidia GTX 1080 and studio drivers in my tests.
The simulation has the full 130 frames of the sample scene.

I did try CPU mode now. The cache has also 130...

Hi Thomas !

I also tested TFD build 1460 which solves the crashes with VPR, F9 and F10 renderings.

LW 2020.0.0 und LW 2020.0.1 on Win Pro 10.

Still some problems remain as LW freezes when...

Agreed

:-(

Hi Jet !

Thanks for the reminder !
Great artistic work !!!

Seeing such a talent and fantastic cinematic results should inspire regular users to master the given tools.

You are right.
If...

Hi Markc !

TFD simple explosion.lws I checked when Jascha stated on Jawset forum that TFD works fine with LW2020.
It does show in VPR and renders.

So I provided Jascha with a scene which...

Hi starbase1 !

Yes. StarPro is essential for me too on my current project.
I am happy it works as expected by now with the update.

Please test yourself and report here or to Dan.

StarPro...

Hi Markc !

The TFD sample scenes Jascha supplies seem to work.

But some of my scenes and TFD training scenes from Kat do not work anymore in LW2020.

Hard to say what is different between...

Hi Markc !

Pleased to hear that things are fine on the Mac side as well !

I cannot reproduce your URL issue.
Maybe the browser cache is not refreshing ?

I'm on Firefox and had no problems....

Hi Markc !

I got the update directly from Dan to test.
info at maasdigital.com

But in the meantime the new version 2.3 should be available on the download page for both platforms:...

Hi !

StarPro 2.3 for Lightwave 2020 is in the making.

I tested successfully the windows version and now star fields and foreground objects are visible again.

There is also a new Mac version...

Hi Michael !

Thank you for the fast response and the updated db&w plug-ins for Lightwave 2020 !

The small update fee is a smart move and very welcome.

Thanks for the maintenence !

Regards...

Hi Markc !

Okay.
I switched to this thread.
Makes more sense by now ;-)


Yes.
StarPro 2.2 does not work on windows too.
No renders of objects or star fields.

Hi Markc !

Thanks for the info !
I totally missed that thread.

Good to collect sightings and see what is going to work.

Regards
Marcus

Hi Rustythe1 !

Thanks for the fast reply and the interesting information !

Wow. That is encouraging.
So lets dig deeper into this.

Right now I have some issues with 3rd party plug-ins to...

Hi gar26lw !

Yes !
Antti did a great job in showing how the new dual GI system works.
Thanks for the reminder.

I was just curious what Rusthe1's personal experience was, especially with his...

Hi Rustythe1 !

Nice renders and really great design !!!

What settings did you use ?
Since I do mostly 4k animation this would be interesting to know.

Irradiance and / or Brute Force GI ?
...

Lightwave 2020 makes a solid first impression.

Bought, downloaded and installed successfully.

Development must be supported and recognized - even if lots is "only" happening under the hood and...

Thanks for the Info !!!

Regards

Marcus

Hi everybody !

Is LWCAD 2018 and ODTools 2019 compatible /working with Lightwave 2020 or do we need updates / new versions ?
Will EXRtrader and infiniMap work ?

Any new experiences ?!?
...

Hi Prometheus !

I use Character Creator 3 Pipeline from Reallusion for doing human 3d characters.

https://www.reallusion.com/character-creator/

Works quite well and is easy to use.
Good...

Ah !
Thanks Robert !
OD Scene Presets !
Good hint !
To be honest I did not manage to check all the great stuff in the OD Tool Box yet ...
So much to explore !

Thanks for the reminder !!!
...

Hi Robert !

Scene Presets are a part of it for sure.
It is great that we can create presets for scene render buffers within Lightwave.
That is a huge help.

When I have to crank out lots of...

Hi Oliver !

Thanks for the fast reply !

I see.
With a template scene and save scene as this this should work or does the pass folder have to be unique and not shared ?

With lots of similar...