How to install STANDALONE on Mac?

[lassebauer]

Hi, maybe I have misunderstood the "standalone" version, but I´m thinking it´s an actual standalone that you can use without any link to other software(?).
If so; I downloaded the Standalone installer for Mac (I´m using OS 10.13.6 High Sierra), and the DMG contains a program and a folder called "pyluxcore". When I start the program, I get the error "Luxcore shut down unexpectedly".
I have downloaded the same DMG a few times - same thing.
Checked online for solutions but found none.

Can someone please help or point me in the right direction?
Thanks a lot in advance

[CodeHD]

I can't look into the dmg right now (for absence of mac and windows-apps that can read it), but generally I can tell you this:

- LuxCore standalone is not a full 3D software like Blender. You still need to create files with mesh data, and text-files for the scene and render settings by some other means.
- pyluxcore are command-line tools for python (i.e. an API).
- similarly there might be a "luxcoreconsole" (if it exists for mac).
- There might also be a "luxcoreui", which is a graphical interface of the rendering, but it is rather a tool for development rather than actual rendering.

The standalone version is typically used for either network rendering or optimised memory usage (you don't have the additional overhead from Blender)

[lassebauer]

Hi CodeHD,
Thanks a lot for helping clearing this up for me
I guess I have to use it with Blender or find another solution as this setup sounds like rocket science to me

Thanks again!