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Chruser
2002-12-30, 02:40 PM
I got Inside Lightwave 7 by Dan Ablan this christmas, and I must say that I had been expecting it to be great, but it completely blew me out of the water. I've plowed through about 400 out of its 1160 pages so far, and it goes through the basics and guides you through some great, advanced projects step by step. If you're ever planning to learn LightWave and wouldn't mind spending a little money, this is THE book to get.

Here is the latest thing I've created with a bit of help from one of the book's tutorials. If you bought it, I'm sure you could do the same after a bit of reading:

http://www.zelaron.com/skyscraper.jpg
(Yes, it's a large picture, so just wait for it to load unless you're on a 9600 baud modem)
Jamesadin
2002-12-30, 03:31 PM
O_O

*mouth gaps open*

*drools*

Wow....
TrackBall
2002-12-30, 04:06 PM
woa....nice
Bezier
2002-12-30, 04:09 PM
It's about time you made something that I like. Good work. =D
Looks pretty good, but there is always room for improvement.
Chruser
2002-12-30, 04:31 PM
I'm glad you like it. I'll be posting some more creations later on. Note: Don't attempt to recreate anything similar to my skyscrapers unless you have a fair amount of RAM. They're "only" slightly more than 460,000 polygons, but it's still a gigantic resource hog.
vec
2002-12-31, 08:09 AM
wow thats cool.... i like i like. now i want to learn lightwave... :(
Jamesadin
2002-12-31, 08:54 AM
Wait your turn! lol. Im still trying to get mine installed properly...
vec
2002-12-31, 10:44 AM
but if i beat you in installation i get the lesson first!
Tai
2002-12-31, 11:43 AM
I tried reading hte LW manual once, I got to about page 300. Heh. :D
Randuin
2003-01-01, 01:42 AM
chruser! scan the pages and post them as a acrobat file! :D
Chruser
2003-01-01, 04:36 AM
Buy me a better scanner, and I will.
Mantralord
2003-01-01, 06:57 AM
Wow...if i didnt know better i'd say thats a real building...good work.
Mr.Lee
2003-01-01, 09:01 AM
Im going to buy it :)
Jamesadin
2003-01-01, 11:45 AM
but if i beat you in installation i get the lesson first!
Too late...muahahahahaha!
Randuin
2003-01-01, 03:47 PM
i installed it like 6 months ago... so i win :D
LiveWire
2003-01-01, 08:44 PM
WOW chruser thats an execelent skyscraper, i have lightwave thx to Chruser...

Btw that book is sold at Barnes n Nobel right?
"CRØNîC-KîLLå"
2003-01-01, 09:16 PM
yo wtf how much is it? im guessing a SHITLOAD of $$$...
Randuin
2003-01-01, 11:32 PM
xmf.. you scan it and post it on the net! lol
Mr.Lee
2003-01-02, 09:56 AM
Hrm.. the book have +1000 pages like Chruser said.

It will surely take a shitload of space if the quality is very good.
And also a shitload of time to scan all the pages! LoL.
"CRØNîC-KîLLå"
2003-01-02, 11:48 AM
how much does the book cost?
Randuin
2003-01-02, 03:48 PM
well we can get like 5 ppl going at it at once :D