[fuzzbutt]

I have "Inside Lightwave [6]" and "Lightwave 6.5 Magic" and "Character Animation, Lightwave [6]". They still leave alot that only the manuals cover. As a matter of fact many times in books I've come to sentences, and disclaimers like, "If you don't know how to change the surface colors, refer to your Lightwave manuals" ... Now thats a simplified paraphrase, but you know what I mean. The books say right in the very beginings, "We've written this book to hopfully teach some helpful Lightwave tips and techniques, for learning the basic operations of the program please refer the manuals, we assume you already have a basic working knowledge of the program."
and I do have just that "a basic working knowledge" and then some. But there are just somethings in LW that you can't read about anywhere except in the manuals. Which is as it should be.

As far as "asking my school to download it" they feel that they have the 3 manuals from 6.5, and thats good enough. I ask you, is it?

I was just wanting a more updated version, for the more updated version. 8.0