LightWave 3D®
Pre-Order 2025 Upgrade - From Any LightWave Version
For those who can't wait for LightWave 2025 and want to pre-order their upgrade now at the early bird pricing, this is the product for you.
This special discounted price is available to all current LightWave users for a limited time only.
LightWave 2025 will be released in Q1 2025.
Once your purchase is complete, you will receive an email with purchase details. Your account at LightWave will be updated within 24 hours with a placeholder, which will be replaced by your download link once LightWave 2025 is released.
To avoid any delays of the software, please ensure the email used to purchase matches the email address on your account at lightwave3d.com
This link outlines the steps for accessing and downloading your software, once the upgrade has been released in Q1 2025:
https://lightwave3d.com/information-pages/installation-walkthrough-guide/
All licenses include both PC and Mac versions.
Minimum system requirements:
PC
Hardware
- Intel® Core™ 2 or AMD64 with SSE4 instruction set (Bulldozer onwards)
- System RAM: 4 GB minimum
Operating System
- Windows 10 64-bit or better
Display Requirements:
Minimum Graphics Card
- NVIDIA® GeForce® 9 series or ATI Radeon HD 4000 series (minimum)
Minimum Screen Resolution
- 1280 x 1024 pixels
Recommended Graphics card
- GeForce 10 series or newer at 1920 x 1080 or better
Minimum OS requirement:
For Intel, it's MacOS 10.15 (Catalina). For Apple Silicon, it's macOS 11 (Big Sur). User's wishing to utilise the Octane renderer will require MacOS 13.3 (Ventura) or better. Minimum storage required1.1 GB
Installation Requirements
All systems require 750MB available hard drive space (excluding content); complete Content library is approximately 3GB.
Shipping
Once your purchase is complete, you will receive an email notification that will detail your download instructions.
