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Kray will not run on LW version older than 7.5.
We recommend that you remove all old Kray plugins and restart LightWave before installing new one.
Please visit Troubleshooting and FAQ section for up to date information on known problems.
The Kray package contains different plugins for different platforms. Inside the package you will find the following folders:
Common: contains all GUI plugins that will appear in LightWave Master plugins list. This are platform independent.
Win32: Contains main Kray plugin Windows 32 bit. There are subfolders for noSSE cpus and for those using LW <11.
Win64: Contains main Kray plugin Windows 64 bit.
MacUB: Contains main Kray plugin for MacOS Universal Binary
For installation video and quickstart tutorial visit Kray tutorials webpage.
To install Kray on Windows follow this steps:
1. Unpack the archive and copy contents of Common dir to directory where LW holds Lscript files
in LW7: [LW_DIR]/Lscripts
in LW8 or LW9 [LW_DIR]/Plugins/Lscripts
in LW10 and LW11+ [LW_DIR]/support/plugins/scripts/LScript
2. Installing Kray.p:
For 32bit LW copy kray.p from Win32 and for 64bit LW copy kray.p from Win64 folder to LW's plugins dir [LW_DIR]/Plugins:
in LW7: [LW_DIR]/Plugins
in LW8 or LW9 [LW_DIR]/Plugins/
in LW10 and LW11+ [LW_DIR]/support/plugins/
Note:
if you have older CPU without SSE2
support please use Win32/NoSSE kray.p instead.
if you have older
version of LightWave then 9.6 use Kray for LightWave 7.5+. Its
located in Win32/LW7 dir.
Note: The Mac version of Kray is only available for the Universal Binary (UB .plugin for Intel/PowerPC) version of Lightwave 9.5.1+ and above. Currently there is no CFM (.p) version.
To install Kray on Mac follow
these steps:
1. Unpack the archive and copy contents of Common dir to directory where LW holds Lscript files.
in LW9.5.1+ [LW_DIR]/SharedSupport/Plugins/Lscripts or Users/~/Library/Application Support/Lightwave3D/Plugins/Lscripts .
Note: If a Lscript folder does not exist within the Plugins folder feel free to create it.
2. Copy Kray.plugin from
MacUB folder to LW's plugins dir
[LW_DIR]/SharedSupport/Plugins or Users/~/Library/Application
Support/Lightwave3D/Plugins/
Start LW and add all Kray *.lsc files from Lscripts and Kray.p from plugins to LW plugins by going to Utilities > Add Plugins.
Open LW Configure Menu window by going to Edit>Edit Menu Layout and in the right panel right click on „Main Menu“. In the file open dialog search for kraymenu.cfg which should be inside Kray plugin Common folder.
You can also manually connect Kray Options, Kray Frame and Kray Anim to Layout buttons or assign hot keys.
You can also reach Kray Options through "Utilities > Master plugins > Add Layout or Scene Master".
When you press Kray Frame or Kray Anim for the first time, you may by asked to Kray unlock code. These are available on Kray downloads page. Copy and paste unlock code from web page to Kray dialog.