New Features

• Alembic Cache workflow improvements
  
  • If editing a node's rfl, the editor can auto-save your edits to disk. There is a new icon in the UI to toggle that feature. It defaults to On
  • You can click-drag on the enable column to toggle a lot of rules quickly
  • You can cmd/ctrl-right-click on a payload to select the assigned material
  • Now supports shape edits
  • The RLF editor now support attribute overrides
  • All archive nodes are now, by default, visible to indirect rays
• Maya 2020 is now supported.

Fixes

• Fixed a bug on Linux and OSX where the plug-in wouldn't load if RenderManProServer was installed in a directory with a different name than the default

• A bug that caused the wrong frame number to be used in the task title for batch render jobs has been fixed

• Fixed a bug where the shapepath token used in texture file name expressions failed to resolve on shapes with same name
• Fixed a bug where preset materials would fail to import and nodes would be left unconnected
• Fixed a crash that could occur when meshes had faces with no material assignment

 Miscellaneous and Important Changes

• The Pixel Variance fields have a five-digits precision instead of 3

Developer Documentation

You can find a useful Doxygenated developer documentation in the Developers' Guide under RfM2

Known Limitations

RenderMan for Maya

• Deselecting "Receive Shadows" does not work.
• Light Linking volumes is not currently supported
• The Holdout shelf button fails to operate, use the shape node render stat setting Maya to create the holdout object.
• Creating a mesh light from existing geometry during IPR will duplicate the geometry in-render. Restart the render to remove the duplicate.
• We do not support Camera Facing Curves in Xgen
• Xgen will not reflect changes in the Collection
• Maya Fur Feedback is not supported