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**As of 2025, the LuxCoreRender codebase is being reworked to support the latest features and integrate with Blender versions 4.2+.**
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**The current preview-releases are special, experimental versions of the add-on, based on LuxCore Python wheels.**
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**The current version is a release-candidate, based on LuxCore Python wheels.**
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**This version is not recommended for production use.**
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**If you want to support the development, or compile the software from source, please observe that the currently active working branch for all active repositories is labelled "for_v2.10"**
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**In case of questions or support, please open an issue here on GitHub or get in touch on our Discord server: https://discord.com/invite/chPGsKV**
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## Supported Blender Versions
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* Blender 4.2+ is supported by the latest version
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Supported platforms are Windows, Linux, MacOS Intel, MacOS ARM
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* Blender versions 4.2LTS and 4.3 are supported by the latest version.
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* Support for Blender 4.4+ is experimental and not currently recommended!
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* Supported platforms are Windows, Linux, MacOS Intel, MacOS ARM
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**Old BlendLuxCore releases (non-wheel):**
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* Blender 2.93 is supported by BlendLuxCore v2.6.
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### From latest release (recommended)
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- Find the latest suitable release of **BlendLuxCore Wheels** on the release page:
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https://github.com/LuxCoreRender/BlendLuxCore/releases
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(Caveat: do not get confused with plain BlendLuxCore!)
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- Note: the release labelled "latest" is a nightly build and may be particularly unstable even compared to alpha or beta release versions!
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- Find the latest suitable release of BlendLuxCrore on the release page:
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https://github.com/LuxCoreRender/BlendLuxCore/releases
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- Note: the release labelled "Latest" is a nightly build and may be particularly unstable even compared to alpha or beta release versions!
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- From the release assets, download extension `BlendLuxCore-*.zip`
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- Open Blender and follow "Install from disk" procedure (https://docs.blender.org/manual/en/latest/editors/preferences/extensions.html)
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Beforehand, you may want to uninstall previous version of BlendLuxCore: look in the "Get Extensions" panel.
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See also https://wiki.luxcorerender.org/BlendLuxCore_Installation for a more detailed guide.
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### Building locally from source
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**Note: It is recommended to build the extension using GitHub Actions in a local fork!**
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Prerequisites: you need `cmake` and `blender` installed and in your `PATH`
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Build extension:
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- clone this repository: `git clone https://github.com/LuxCoreRender/BlendLuxCore.git --branch for_blender_4.2_wheels`
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- clone this repository: `git clone https://github.com/LuxCoreRender/BlendLuxCore.git`
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- configure: `cmake -S BlendLuxCore -B blc-build -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release`
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- build: `cmake --build blc-build`
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Beforehand, you may want to uninstall previous version of BlendLuxCore: look in the "Get Extensions" panel.
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## Links
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## Important Links
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**Homepage:** **https://luxcorerender.org/**
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**Forums:** **https://forums.luxcorerender.org/**

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