LightWave ScreamerNet LWSN General Settings - DreamLight.com

DLI_SNUB-Launcher LightWave ScreamerNet LWSN General Settings

All the settings on the main DLI SNUB Launcher panel are used for both standalone (mode -3) rendering and batch/network (mode -2) rendering. All the settings are fully enabled for all license versions of DLI SNUB Launcher. The FREE Lite license however only saves the lwsn Path between launches.

Entering a registered license enables saving all the other custom settings between launches. For more in-depth information about any of these settings, see below as well as General ScreamerNet Command Line Syntax from our Mastering LightWave 3D ScreamerNet LWSN white paper.

The DLI_SNUB-Launcher interface is composed of a series of buttons and fields that are used to build the command line needed to launch LWSN in Terminal/Command using simple drag-and-drop methods. Check buttons are used to enable/disable different optional parameters for the command line including all LightWave ScreamerNet LWSN General Settings. Buttons are used to open file dialog boxes to locate files or folders and perform other functions. The fields are non-editable and are used as readouts to show the current contents of the parameters. Both buttons and fields are targets which you may drag-and-drop files and folders onto to set them. All file and folder path fields will highlight green or red based on whether the file or folder path passes verification or not. You may also select text in any of the fields to copy to the clipboard. This can be useful to build the command line in a syntax verified manner and then copy/paste into the Terminal or into a text editor for creating scripts or shortcuts.

Help Button

The round (?) help button at the top right of the DLI SNUB Launcher panel will open your default web browser and bring you to this online manual. You may also use the Help menu in the Mac menu bar for direct access to every page of Mastering LightWave 3D ScreamerNet LWSN for more detailed information and tutorials about all aspects of using ScreamerNet lwsn on Mac OS X.

lwsn Path Button & Field

Click the lwsn Path button or drag the lwsn command line application (or ScreamerNet for LW9) from the desktop to the button or field to set the path to the ScreamerNet lwsn application to launch. The first time DLI_SNUB-Launcher is run the lwsn Path will default to look for a file named lwsn in the bin folder in the same folder as the DLI_SNUB-Launcher application or the latest version of LightWave Layout. If you place DLI_SNUB-Launcher in the LightWave 3D applications folder, /Applications/NewTek/LightWave3D_2015.2 on Mac OS X or C:\Program Files\NewTek\LightWave_2015.2\bin on Windows, before its first launch, it will set the lwsn Path to the correct location without any further adjustment.

If you wish to run DLI_SNUB-Launcher from a different location, or wish to use a ScreamerNet lwsn from another location, simply click the lwsn Path button and select the ScreamerNet lwsn file that you would like to use, or drag-and-drop the lwsn file, the LightWave3D folder, or the bin folder from the desktop to the lwsn Path button or text field. The field will automatically highlight green if it detects a valid path to lwsn on Mac OS X or to lwsn.exe on Windows, or it will highlight red if not detected. Once set, the lwsn Path is saved between launches of all license versions of DLI_SNUB-Launcher, including the FREE lite license version.

Registration License Check Box Button & Readout

This toggle check box button and readout shows which license version of DLI SNUB Launcher you are running, the FREE Lite 1-node unregistered version highlighted in red, or one of the registered licenses highlighted in green, standard STD 5-node, professional PRO 10-node unlimited, or enterprise ENT unlimited node version. The registered licenses will enable the saving of all the custom settings below the registered readout. The FREE Lite version will only save the lwsn path above the registered readout. The custom settings below the registered readout must be reset each time the FREE lite version is launched. See Registration & Ordering for more information about the various DLI_SNUB-Launcher licenses available for purchase.

-c Config Folder Button & Field

Click the -c Config Folder button or drag-and-drop a folder from the Finder to the button or field to set the path to the folder that holds the config files for ScreamerNet lwsn. This is the ScreamerNet -c command line argument.

When DLI_SNUB-Launcher is first launched it will first look for a custom Preferences folder that you may have created inside the LightWave3D folder for Mac OS X users. If not found it will next look for the default config folder: /Users/userx/Library/Application Support/NewTek/LightWave/2015.2/ on Mac OS X or C:\Users\userx\.NewTek\LightWave\2015.2 on Windows, where 2015 is replaced with the current version of LightWave Layout, 9, 10.0, 10.1, 11.0, 11.5, 2015, 2015.2 etc. The name of the config file itself is Layout 2015 on Mac OS X or LW2015-64.CFG on Windows, where 2015 is replaced with the LightWave version number and 64 is either 32 or 64 on Windows. The field will automatically highlight green if the config file is detected and it will highlight red if not detected.

In Mac OS X Lion (10.7) or later the user’s Library folder is hidden but you can still access it by using the Go->Go to Folder… menu item in the Finder and typing ~/Library into the text field, which tells it to open the current user’s Library folder.

For more information about LightWave’s -c Config Folder and the Config File see Managing LightWave 3D ScreamerNet LWSN Config Files from our Mastering LightWave 3D ScreamerNet LWSN white paper.