Babylon 5 - lost tales

[AmigaMance]

 Does anyone know which version of LightWave did they use back then and with what plug-ins?

[Tigger]

AmigaMance wrote:
 Does anyone know which version of LightWave did they use back then and with what plug-ins?

For the pilot, 3.5 and evenutally a beta of 4.0 on the Amigas.  Then 4.0 and eventually 5.0 for the first two seasons, on to 5.5.   Most of the plugins they used are basically part of lightwave these days or were specifically written for them.
    -Tig

[Tigger]

kidkoala wrote:

@tigger
They moved to pc because they were faster you say, I say they moved to pc's because they were better, so that's about the same reason.

No not really.

And how could they have made the move over to faster equipment if they didn't get a bigger budget from the producers (changing all your equipment etc. is not a cheap migration)? The new studio (as I call it when you get new equipment, probably new housing, probably a few new employers and a new name for the company) must've cost more than a few amigas with lightwave..

Well I sold an Amiga4000D with a Toaster and moniter and bought my 100Mhz P4, 17 inch moniter and a copy of lightwave 4.0 ($795) and still had money in my pocket, so the changeover in equipment wasnt as expensive as you are trying to make it.  In addition Foundation Imaging didnt change names etc as you are trying to imply.   They ran on a bunch of amigas they scrounged up to do the 2 hour pilot movie, once they series was bought and they were going to have to do 22 hours worth of episodes, they obviously needed more equipment, people, etc.   Doing a weekly show is a much bigger job then a 2 hr made for tv movie pilot.
   -Tig

[kidkoala]

I don't think using a personal example like yours qualify but anyway..the migration started after the first season..

[Tigger]

kidkoala wrote:
I don't think using a personal example like yours qualify but anyway..the migration started after the first season..

Actually it does pretty much, because the Amigas were sold at a pretty good price, and in actuality I dont think Tim and the gang charged Ron and the Gang for Lightwave, making it cheaper then what I had to do.   Also if you read the Babylon 5 site it says quite specifically that they only used the Amigas for the pilot (ie the first 2 hour movie), Adam will tell you the same thing.  And it probably says the same thing in one or more of the Video Toaster articles about the show.
     -Tig