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- All RenderMan node versions have changed to ::3.0. please convert your nodes with provided script.Scenes should automatically convert to using these new nodes on startup unless you have a custom OPcustomize setup.
- RenderMan errors are now warnings in Houdini
- Automatic conversion of PxrHSL, PxrVary, PxrSurface, PxrMix from old scenes to the new parameter names in RenderMan 24 rely on the 456.py script on houdini scene load rather than Houdini's opalias. This is to allow us to change parameter names and keep the old values. If you already have a 456 in your pipeline, you will need to add the update methods in order to convert those shaders.
- Improved user friendliness of Cryptomatte in RfH
- Apply materials to instance points via instancerargs2hda now supports Unicode characters in parameter/shader help
- Added flush texture cache menu tool
- PxrDisney has been hidden in favor of the new PxrDisneyBsdf
- improvements to Ramp Light Filter
- Batch renders now obey soho_autoheadlight
- Velocity motion blur improvements
Fix bug for colliding parameter names on pxrmaterialbuilder
- Curves rendering improvements for certain cases
Changes in Solaris
- Added support for Pause and Resume rendering while in interactive mode
- Fixed a bug where for batch renders shutterOpen/Close weren't being correctly stashed in the context for use by deforming geometry
- Added baking options to the RenderMan LOP under the Rendering/Render tab
- Fixed a bug where PxrCryptomatte sample filter could pick up the wrong camera substitution for the <camera> variable in its filename
- Fixed a bug where vdb files with a first field not named density wouldn't render
- Fixed a bug that caused some incorrect sample times when more than 3 samples for deforming motion blur
Fixed a hang that could arise when switching frames during interactive rendering
Improved motion blur support
Fixed a crash in hdPrman that could occur when running in the usdview that ships with Solaris if the camera was not created with Solaris and lacked certain attributes that we support for Solaris cameras
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