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Welcome to RenderMan for Houdini 23.3!
This release of RenderMan for Houdini 23 (RfH), includes a number of new features and bug fixes that address feedback.
- 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, you must be using at least version 17.5.210 or higher
Fixes
Parameters with unknown widget types are still added to hda
- Fixed a crash when merging vdbs
- Fixed logging bug when using the preset browser with textures
- A bug causing importing and exporting shader networks with PxrOSL shaders to the preset browser has been fixed
- A bug causing importing and exporting nodes with arrays to the preset browser has been fixed
- We now set packed alembic user attributes
- Various bugs in instancing have been fixed
- The preset browser did not import material assets with textures correctly
- Fixed a bug where primvars are dropped when material is applied on SOP
- Fixed a motion blur bug with packed geo
- Fixed bug where velocity motion blur was not applied when packed SOP was not time-dependent
Miscellaneous Changes
Bxdf output type changed to surface to allow Bxdf inputs
- Filemerge now works with vdbs
- oslbuilder now shows up in PxrMaterialBuilder
- H18.0.421 now supports a callback to the renderview stop button
- Added support for ptmotionblur="deform" on Instance OBJ
- Added RFH_USER_LOG_DIR, RFH_USER_OTLS_DIR, RFH_USER_PREF_DIR
- Reorganized ROP for baking options
Known Issues
- Display edits cannot changed from the image tool to mplay
- Cross-frame denoising pdg support
- Phantom 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
Known Limitations
- Rendering with Mantra lights or VOPs not possible
- Bypassing shader nodes
- Auto camera creation for IPR
- RenderMan clipping planes