plugins

i have just started to use plugins with lightwave and i am quite impressed but also slightly irritated.some of the features are quite impressive as they can make your work look realy good with minimal effort.one example of this is the c4_destruct plugin(there is also a plugin called crackit which is supposedly simpler to use and creates the same result but i havn't found it yet) it takes Any object and splits the object into lots of random shapes on separate layers,then the object can be imported into layout and shattered with dynamics.this effect looks really cool when trying to make explosions.the problem's are that lightwave often crashes when the plugin is being used(I'm not sure whether it is purely a problem with the plugins,or if its also the lightwave dynamics system).another problem is that finding some plugins can be really hard as many are years old,and the links to download them are dead.so when i find them i make backup copies as soon as possible.overall i would say that the outcome is worth the hassle but it would be much easy er if these features came as standard.