Also thanks go to Julien Dubuisson from RodeoFX for doing the Linux compile! On Nov 13, 2015 14:26, "Leonard Koch" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Thanks for the kind words everyone. I'm glad you appreciate it so much. > > @Phil > Yes there is full backwards compatibility. > Just make sure that if you want to use stages, that you use the 2.5 core > and the 2.5 emitters. > On Nov 13, 2015 14:09, "phil harbath" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> is it backward compatible with 2.0 files? >> >> thanks >> Phil >> >> *From:* Leonard Koch <[email protected]> >> *Sent:* Friday, November 13, 2015 5:09 AM >> *To:* [email protected] >> *Subject:* LK Lightning 2.5 Available & Now Free >> >> Hi List, >> >> I have a new version of LK Lightning for you today. I hope you don't mind >> my posting it here. >> The headlining feature for version 2.5 is *Stages* which allows you to >> create much more complicated behaviours by assigning different sets of >> controllers to particles based on which stage they are in.With these stages >> also comes a new category of compounds. *Triggers* that allow you to >> move particles between them.You can assign a new stage to strands that have >> been split off as well and thus give them a different set of rules. This is >> something that was requested many times by 2.0 users and is indeed super >> useful.Additionally there are a bunch of other useful tools for particle >> effects in here that stem from an awesome job I got to do at Digital Golem: >> http://www.digitalgolem.com/portfolio/detroit-electric-sp01/ >> >> *LK Lightning is also free for everyone now.* >> With Softimage going EOL I just don't feel good charging people for an >> extension to a software that has been sentenced to death.Freelancers and >> companies who've approached me wanting to buy LKL in the past couple of >> months have already received it free of charge and with the new version I'm >> making it available to everyone. >> I hope that the community can put 2.5 to good use and hope to still see >> many awesome projects made with it and Softimage. >> You can get LK Lightning 2.5 here: http://leonardkoch.com/download/ >> >
