Sections:

* CONTENTS
* UPDATING
* INSTALLATION
* MANUAL INSTALLATION



CONTENTS:

The LuxBlend26dev archive contains an up-to-date version of the LuxRender exporter add-on for Blender 2.6x.

It also contains the pylux module for internal rendering in Blender.



UPDATING:

If you have already installed the LuxRender exporter add-on, you'll need to perform the following steps 
to update your add-on. For initial installation see the next section below.

- Start Blender 2.6x.

- Open the "User Preferences" dialog (CTRL-ALT-U).

- Select the Addons tab.

- Find the LuxRender add-on, and expand the box.

- Click Remove. This will most likely trigger an error message.

- Restart Blender.

- Go to the Addons tab.

- If the LuxRender add-on is still present, remove it once again. No error should appear.

- Once the add-on is removed, click the "Install Add-On..." button (lower left).

- Select the LuxBlend26 archive that was bundled in the CVS archive, for example LuxBlend26dev_64bit_OpenCL.zip

- After a brief moment, you should see a box saying "Render: LuxRender".

- Tick the checkbox in the "Render: LuxRender" box. 

- In the main window, ensure the LuxRender render engine is selected in the Engine dropdown box.



INSTALLATION:

- Start Blender 2.6x.

- Open the "User Preferences" dialog (CTRL-ALT-U).

- Select the Addons tab.

- Click the "Install Add-On..." button (lower left).

- Select the LuxBlend26 archive that was bundled in the CVS archive, for example LuxBlend26dev_64bit_OpenCL.zip

- After a brief moment, you should see a box saying "Render: LuxRender".

- Tick the checkbox in the "Render: LuxRender" box. 
  NOTE: it may take several seconds for the checkmark to appear, only click once.

- Click the "Save As Default" button.

- In the main window, ensure the LuxRender render engine is selected in the Engine dropdown box.

- Ensure that the following settings are set in the Render tab:

  * Output panel: Valid absolute (not relative) output path.
  * LuxRender Engine Configuration Panel:
    - "Run Renderer" enabled.
    - "Path to LuxRender" is valid and absolute (not relative path).



MANUAL INSTALLATION:

Simply extract the LuxBlend26 archive, and you'll find the "luxrender" folder. 
This should be placed in the addons subdirectory of Blender 2.6x's scripts directory.

See here for more details: http://www.luxrender.net/wiki/LuxBlend_2.5_installation_instructions



NOTES:

If you have any issues, enable the System Console (Help -> Toggle System Console). 
LuxBlend will write it's log to the console.

In order to use the internal renderer you may need to install one of the following, 
depending on your architecture:

32bit (x86):
http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=29

64bit (x64):
http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=15336