IC Posted January 18, 2005 Share Posted January 18, 2005 Seems the floodgates have opened for replacement renderers for LightWave. I don't know how-I always thought it was almost impossible due to the way the program is written(?) http://www.kraytracing.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allen Posted January 18, 2005 Share Posted January 18, 2005 Yep...and just wait until the changes to the SDK...(I really don't know what that means but changes should allow outside renderers access to volumetrics etc. - so many of the restrictions now in place should be gone.) As I've said - looking forward to V-Ray - as I really like the quality/time of the renderings posted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy Homeless Guy Posted January 18, 2005 Share Posted January 18, 2005 i use max and vray at work, but can not afford max for home use. i have been hoping for the day that lightwave and vray work together. but that may be where they are going with the elusive stand alone version of vray that was a hot topic mid-way through last year. ...but don't hold your breath waiting for vray, they are still working on rolling out 1.5, and the original stand alone versiont hey showed was basically just a couple of options studying how it might work as a stand alone program. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jure Posted January 18, 2005 Share Posted January 18, 2005 Seems the floodgates have opened for replacement renderers for LightWave. I don't know how-I always thought it was almost impossible due to the way the program is written(?) http://www.kraytracing.com/ It's possible because as far as I was able to find out Kray is still just an outside renderer with a plugin interface in LW that imports LW geometry, lights and surface data and renders it in it's own enviroment. That's why no shaders or procedural textures are supported. Still it looks very nice and very fast and I can't wait to see the demo version! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allen Posted January 18, 2005 Share Posted January 18, 2005 Not holding my breath for any of them...then again, always looking for a better solution for fast, believable GI lighting solutions for LW. Looking forward to testing 8.2 tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IC Posted January 19, 2005 Author Share Posted January 19, 2005 Ah I didn't realise it was a standalone engine. I stopped reading when I saw the price and that the demo wasn't yet available (bit pricey for something you can't try out!). The examples look ok but I'm sure they could've produced better images to promote it. The good news is that FPrime seems to have forced the change needed in the SDK so there should be more options soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IC Posted January 21, 2005 Author Share Posted January 21, 2005 Demo available now. See website above........... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juanantoniotovar Posted January 26, 2005 Share Posted January 26, 2005 I´m lightscape user, and this software works well, but is not a software to hard work due to his limitations. As many lightwave users I need a good radiosity engine. I´m going to try this demo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lup Posted January 26, 2005 Share Posted January 26, 2005 Does the demo work for LW 8 ? I have problems with it... Lup Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IC Posted January 27, 2005 Author Share Posted January 27, 2005 It does. Manually put the ls files in your plug ins folder then install them. It'll then prompt you to look for the kray.exe file which comes with the download. That should work. Bit fiddly though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lup Posted January 27, 2005 Share Posted January 27, 2005 that means i put the "LWiface" folder in my plugins folder and then "install" them? I use th "run" file for that? i find the "read me" file not very explicit as it begins by "will not run with LW older than LW 7.5c". sorry for these questions thanks Lup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IC Posted January 27, 2005 Author Share Posted January 27, 2005 In LightWave click 'Add PlugIns' then select the Kray.ls and Kray_render.ls files from wherever you've put them (doesn't matter really). Then follow the instructions. Once its installed, go to 'Master PlugIns' and select Kray. Then open the interface and you're there. btw 'older than' 7.5 means 'before' 7.5 e.g. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lup Posted January 27, 2005 Share Posted January 27, 2005 "In LightWave click 'Add PlugIns' then select the Kray.ls and Kray_render.ls files " The problem is that I don't have Kray_render.ls file i got Kray.ls , Kray_frame.ls and Kray_options.ls in the LWiface folder. I also have the Kray.exe file and a run.exe file???? Thank u in advance, it looks like I'm a bit lost.... Lup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IC Posted January 27, 2005 Author Share Posted January 27, 2005 I've just downloaded it again and the contents have changed since I got it the first time. Just do as I said before but for all the .ls files you have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lup Posted January 27, 2005 Share Posted January 27, 2005 ok thanks i ll try this at home Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lup Posted January 30, 2005 Share Posted January 30, 2005 So now i managed to install demo but when i try to make a test by pressing the render frame button it doesn't do anything....??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
otacon Posted January 30, 2005 Share Posted January 30, 2005 I had the same problem, anyone know what to do about this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trick Posted January 30, 2005 Share Posted January 30, 2005 Have you set a correct path for the image saver inside Kray ? Did you set a correct path to the Kray.exe ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lup Posted January 31, 2005 Share Posted January 31, 2005 I set a path for th image saver inside Kray (desktop foe example) And it seems i don't have any problem with Kray.exe path as it seems to load correctly... When i hit the render frame button Kray asks me if i want to save the objects and the scene which seems to be normal as i read it but then nothing happens ( no render window appearing nor image saved).... Is there suppose to be a render window or something that shows how long the render takes? Thanks for the help... Lup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IC Posted January 31, 2005 Author Share Posted January 31, 2005 When I downloaded the demo at first, hitting the render frame button opened another 'run' style window and then a render-in-progress window. Now that I've replaced the original with the new demo, I'm having the same trouble as you. And of course, I haven't kept the original! To be honest, in my limited trials, I wasn't exactly blown away with speed or quality but I would like another go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jure Posted February 1, 2005 Share Posted February 1, 2005 When I downloaded the demo at first, hitting the render frame button opened another 'run' style window and then a render-in-progress window. Now that I've replaced the original with the new demo, I'm having the same trouble as you. And of course, I haven't kept the original! To be honest, in my limited trials, I wasn't exactly blown away with speed or quality but I would like another go. I had similar problems. There seemed to be some issue with a too long path to kray dir. I then moved kray folder to something like D:\kray and it worked fine. Also sometimes there might be issues with LW's config file. Be sure to first remove .ls from your plugins and then add new ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IC Posted February 2, 2005 Author Share Posted February 2, 2005 Try using this instead of the.exe file you downloaded. Found the old one and I'm up and running again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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