LightWave 3D v2024.1.0 for Mac
LightWave 3D from LightWave Digital is a veteran 3D modeling, animation, and rendering suite with twin apps Modeler and Layout, node-based surfacing, procedural geometry, and integrated OctaneRender support.
Version 2024.1.0 (build 3430) is a maintenance and feature update on the 2024 line, adding motion-transfer tools, Octane depth-of-field controls, Mac stability work, and broad fixes across rigging, ProGeo, Modeler slide tools, and I/O.
What’s new in v2024.1.0
New tools:
- Motion Dump & Motion Scoop — store and reapply motion from multiple selected items
- Motion Copy and Paste — copy animation between characters/objects; RHiggit Motion Copy ADV gains frame-range control
- Octane DOF node — viewport-friendly depth of field; can use LightWave’s own F-stop
- LD_InstanceDisplay configuration saver
Mac:
- General stability fixes via Threading Building Blocks (TBB) work
Notable fixes:
- ProGeo: layered mesh input, duplicate-object warnings, crash fixes on capture geo
- Octane: texture displacement pins/filtering, glossy and camera-mapping fixes, bump-height defaults
- Flow: scene item list updates in dropdown setup
- Layout: color-space render path, region null-crash guards, instance-generator scene load, wandering VDBs, Alembic case sensitivity, 2GB+ internal limit removed (Bullet sims)
- Modeler: point/edge slide tool overhauls, grid snap, display color space sync, backdrop prefs crash
- RHiggit: pose/motion copy-paste fixes; rig selection improvements
- ProTools: Kit Surfacer and MegaScans metallic assignment; OBJ import scaling/options
LightWave 2024 platform highlights
- LW RHiggit! integrated modular character rigging; WeightBrush live weight painting in Layout
- ProGeo: Tendril vegetation, Thicken, Lathe; Edge Slide in Modeler
- Flow variable-viscosity fluids (Windows only)
- Octane 2024: Photon Tracing kernel, Standard Volume Medium, Post Volume fog; native AA up to ~30% faster
- Pipeline: Alembic 1.8.6 particles, OpenVDB 11, Unreal Bridge 5.3/5.4, Kit Surfacer for asset kits
Requirements & licensing
- Version: 2024.1.0 (build 3430)
- Platform: macOS (Intel and Apple Silicon)
- macOS: Sonoma 14.1 or later (Intel and Apple Silicon)
- Hardware: Intel Mac or Apple M1+ (M3 recommended on Apple Silicon)
- Display: 1280×1024 minimum (1920×1080+ recommended on Intel discrete GPUs)
- Storage: ~3.2 GB+ install footprint (varies with content/plugins)
- License: commercial software license (.lwk file); optional hardware dongle; purchase/upgrade at lightwave3d.com
Docs: 2024.1.0 release notes · macOS requirements
Has anybody managed to get this working on a M5 Mac and if so, can you please share the steps here thank you!!
Thank you…Worked perfectly on my Intel Hackingtosh with SIP disabled…but wouldn’t work with my M1 (even with xattr -c -r /pathtoapp/app.app)…so i assume this only works on machines with SIP disabled.
Installation and activation instructions are included (inside).
Additional content can be downloaded from the official website.
Architecture
ARM, x86 (64-bit)
Try disabling Gatekeeper and using xattr -c -r /pathtoapp/app.app