![]() There are language-based methods for making your existing Python v2 scripts function within both environments ( ), as well as external tools that can help promote v2 scripts to Python v3 compatibility (e.g., ). However, we are providing this roadmap more than a year ahead of time so customers can start considering how it will impact their existing pipelines and assets. To be sure, this will be a major change in the scripting support of LightWave. This EOL version will continue to be included in LightWave through the lifespan of the next major release-which means it will be present in any patches provided for it-but it will be completely replaced with the latest release of Python v3 in subsequent major releases of LightWave. Of course, all of this has a singular implication for users of LightWave Python: The next major release of LightWave will also be the last version to support Python v2. However, if timing prevents the final Python v2 patch from being incorporated into a major release, it will be included in a nearby patch version. This final patch release of Python v2 may fall within the time frame of the next major release of LightWave. As of next January, Python v2 will be cut adrift by the Python development team to float away into the sunset, with no further official support. ![]() Well, v3 is now quite mature, so there will be no more reprieves for Python v2. Python v2 was scheduled for EOL in 2015 by, but was extended for a 5-year period to provide time for v3 to mature, and to give users time to migrate. This looming EOL date is actually 5 years longer than originally planned. At that time, this version of Python will have officially and finally reached its end-of-life (EOL), and will receive no further patches, whether to correct defects, or to address security vulnerabilities (e.g., ). However, come January 2020, Python v2 is scheduled to have its last patch released (2.7.18). Not everybody keeps their fingers directly on the pulse of the Python community nor on its current events. If this comes as a surprise, that’s quite understandable. However, a change is on the horizon, one for which all LightWave™ Python users need to prepare: The demise of Python v2. I think I can say without fear of contradiction that Python has enjoyed a long and successful pairing with LightWave 3D®. This gives access to the latest version and any future updates for 12 months.By Bob Hood, Director of 3D Engineering, NewTek **** NOTE **** For this month only anyone who has ever owned IFW or IFW2 textures or any of our other products can upgrade for $50-00 only. This means that IFW2 Textures now ships with 249 procedural shaders, 191 procedural textures and over 1500 presets all for only $89-00.įor more information and a fully functional demo check out: Tacos - Fill in gaps between all the tiles shapes. Wall2 - Random wall pattern with rounded corners. Prism - Glass/Reflect shader with psuedo chromatic dispersion. Tiler - 28 different brick/tile pattens with rounded corners. In addition, we have added many new textures and shaders including: For all you FPrime users IFW2_Tiles, IFW2_Water and IFW2_Display are available as LW Procedural textures so you can update, modify and watch the result.
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