When you load a scene into LightWave Layout (you cannot
load scenes into Modeler, only objects), the Scene file looks to the Content Directory
for the necessary objects. The objects loaded look to the Content Directory for the necessary
images. It sounds complicated, but it??™s not. All you??™re doing is telling LightWave where
to find its files. By default, the Content Directory should point to yourdrive://LightWave.
Throughout these chapters, if you??™re called upon to ???load an object,??? simply selecting the
Load Object command in Layout or Modeler automatically opens the Objects folder
within your set Content Directory. The same goes for images or scenes, so be sure to keep
this set while working through the projects.
Words to Work By
The 3D market has changed since I got into this business. In the beginning, it was like a
little club, and everyone got along.Anything we did, and I want to stress anything, was just
cool as hell. In a small LightWave user group in Chicago that met monthly, each month??™s
3D creations were crude and generally of poor quality, but great to look at nonetheless.
Now, some 16 years later, it??™s a different world.
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