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This release of RenderMan for Houdini 23 (RfH) 23, includes a number of new features and bug fixes that address feedback.

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Please see the required version of Houdini for 17.5 and 18.0 Rendering with RenderMan will not operate on Houdini Apprentice editions. See Side FX's website for options that allow Third Party Rendering. Houdini Indie is only compatible with 17.5 and higher, and you must be using at least version 17.5.210 or higher

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Renamed Houdini velocity privmars called "v" to "vel"; as "v" is a reserved attribute for RenderMan geometry. Shaders in RenderMan for Houdini should refer to "vel" instead of "v".

"Smooth Displacement" parameter label has been changed to "Prevent Polygon Cracking" and moved to Displacement folder.
oslbuilder now shows up in PxrMaterialBuilder
Added support for ptmotionblur="deform" on Instance OBJ
Added RFH_USER_LOG_DIR, RFH_USER_OTLS_DIR, RFH_USER_PREF_DIR
Reorganized ROP for illumination baking options
The "darkfalloff" option has been added back to the adaptive sampling options
Added biasR, biasT, rawId, and dPcameradtime AOVs to LOPs, ROPs, and TOPs
Parameters with unknown widget types still being added to hda with a default UI

Known Limitations

Can only apply materials to packed instances
Display edits cannot be changed from the image tool to mplay
Cross-frame denoising pdg supportPhantom objects are removed from all rays, not just camera rays
Applying undo of deleted nodes or collapsing to subnet may not work as expected
Rewiring subnet indirect inputs
Rendering with Mantra lights or VOPs not possible
Bypassing shader nodes
Auto camera creation for IPR
RenderMan clipping planes

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