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Classicthunder
July 19th, 2007, 11:39 AM
I recently purchased Lightwave 9 and was wondering if it was possible to use it with the new hek. Or do I need 3Ds Max like with Halo ce?

Thanks,
ClassicThunder

Edit: OMG ignore the z i put in the title.
spookers622
July 19th, 2007, 11:44 AM
i dont think you can... unless there's an .ass exporter for it
JackRabbit72380
July 19th, 2007, 06:16 PM
Well If it exports to obj,max, or 3ds and you can get it in to max afterwords to export with the ass mb!
spookers622
July 19th, 2007, 06:20 PM
ya but... one problem... you need 3ds max... and if he had that why would he want to use lightwave 9?
Classicthunder
July 20th, 2007, 12:17 PM
I've used both and I like Lightwave 9 better actually, not that I'd say no if you offered me 3Ds Max free. Took a while to go from 3Ds Max's interface to Lightwave's but one you get used to it it's a lot easier. The only thing I like more about 3Ds Max is you can UVW wrap a lot easier (In Lightwave 9 you make the UVW wrap using a metaform in the modeler), but Max isn't nice enough to make me resort to stealing when I can actually afford Lightwave since it's around 200$.

Maybe Prom will actually be released, Nick hinted that it might be able to import standard file types and then let you add shaders for the ladders, and what not.
spookers622
July 20th, 2007, 12:36 PM
actually, i think i saw someting tat said you could get 3ds max for $400 if you were a college or university student.
Chewy Gumball
July 20th, 2007, 02:52 PM
Last time I checked, a perpetual liscence for Max9 was about $430 with a student discount.
Nick
July 21st, 2007, 02:20 AM
Maybe Prom will actually be released, Nick hinted that it might be able to import standard file types and then let you add shaders for the ladders, and what not.Of course it will be released. The file format we are currently implementing for models does have an official plug-in for Lightwave, so you should be able to export directly to the format Prometheus reads.

Nick
legionaire45
July 21st, 2007, 03:07 AM
$389 (http://www.academicsuperstore.com/market/marketdisp.html?PartNo=761701)

And you get Combustion and Cleaner as well.

I think your best bet is to export your model to a .3ds and send it to someone with a working exporter and have them do the exporting for you. Someone Trustworthy.
Classicthunder
July 22nd, 2007, 08:58 PM
400$ is too much. I'll just wait for Nick and Prom. If it gets released :p.