Introduction of basic sculpting tools directly within the Layout environment.
Connects LightWave to Unreal Engine 4 in real time, allowing collaborative changes to scene layout, materials, and lighting across multiple seats.
Added "Freezing," "Swapping," and "Moving" functionality directly within the Modeler layers panel. NewTek LightWave 3D 2019.1.5
Updated background shader for more realistic atmospheric rendering. 2. System Requirements Requirement Minimum Specification OS Windows 7 SP1 64-bit or better (Windows 10 recommended) CPU Intel Core 2 or AMD64 with SSE4 instruction set RAM 4 GB Minimum Graphics
NewTek LightWave 3D 2019.1.5 is a maintenance release within the 2019 cycle, focusing on stability and refined workflow features like the Unreal Engine bridge and OpenVDB improvements. It maintains the classic dual-application structure: for creating geometry and Layout for scene setup, animation, and rendering. 1. Key Features & Enhancements Introduction of basic sculpting tools directly within the
Enhanced toolset for generating volume-based effects like clouds and fire, including particle system output to mesh-to-volume nodes.
Support for dragging FBX files and scene files directly into the interface or Network Render Controller (NRC). allowing collaborative changes to scene layout
NVIDIA GeForce 9 or AMD Radeon HD 4000 series; 1280x1024 resolution Move Plus Tutorial in NewTek's LightWave 3D