4.2.8

Released: 21/05/23

Dependencies: MtoA 5.3.1.0, Arnold 7.2.1.0, V-Ray 6.10, Renderman 24.4, Redshift 3.5.14

Changes & Bug Fixes

• dropped support for Clarisse.
• ensured texture paths are being correctly searched when full path names are used.
• fixed Alembic export to correctly write multiple objects serially. 

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4.2.7

Released: 11/05/23

Dependencies: MtoA 5.3.1.0, Arnold 7.2.1.0, V-Ray 6.10, Renderman 24.4, Redshift 3.5.14, Clarisse 5.0 SP12

Changes & Bug Fixes

• initial Maya 2024 build.
• updated to V-Ray 6.10.
• updated to Clarisse 5.0 SP12, this will be the last release with Clarisse support. 
• fixed a bug introduced into the Renderman procedural in a prior hotfix release.

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4.2.6

Released: 05/04/23

Dependencies: MtoA 5.3.1.0, Arnold 7.2.1.0, V-Ray 6.00, Renderman 24.4, Redshift 3.5.14, Clarisse 5.0 SP11

Changes & Bug Fixes

• updated to MtoA 5.3.1 and Arnold 7.2.1.
• updated to Redshift 3.5.14.
• added subtle shading to Groom strands for better visibility.

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4.2.5

Released: 29/03/23

Dependencies: MtoA 5.2.2.0, Arnold 7.1.4.0, V-Ray 6.00, Renderman 24.4, Redshift 3.5.06, Clarisse 5.0 SP11

Changes & Bug Fixes

• updated to Clarisse 5.0 SP11.
• refactored how mesh structures are managed internally to optimize computation and memory when a large number of objects are deformed while instancing.
• changed RenderMan procedural parameter from verbose to verbosity to be consistent across rendering extensions.

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4.2.4

Released: 16/02/23

Dependencies: MtoA 5.2.2.0, Arnold 7.1.4.0, V-Ray 6.00, Renderman 24.4, Redshift 3.5.06, Clarisse 5.0 SP8

Changes & Bug Fixes

• rendering now supports the region of interest if in use, this will need to be toggled on via the Obey Region of Interest attribute in the Render tab of the Yeti shape.
• resolved an issue that would cause VRay renders to hang when referencing a single cache file to be updated by scene geometry during export.

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4.2.3

Released: 18/01/23

Dependencies: MtoA 5.2.2.0, Arnold 7.1.4.0, V-Ray 6.00, Renderman 24.4, Redshift 3.5.06, Clarisse 5.0 SP8

Changes & Bug Fixes

• improvements to feather texture projection mapping.
• resolved a bug that was causing Yeti to crash when exporting/rendering with multiple samples. 
• the Redshift extension will now pass the Yeti nodes world transformation to the rendering engine.
• made sure that the correct transform falloff is applied when moving strand end points while editing components.

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4.2.2

Released: 14/12/22

Dependencies: MtoA 5.2.2.0, Arnold 7.1.4.0, V-Ray 6.00, Renderman 24.4, Redshift 3.5.06, Clarisse 5.0 SP8

Changes & Bug Fixes

• switched Random number generator in Scatter node to one with much better properties to avoid patterns appearing at larger densities and scales.
• updated Clumping to avoid artifacts introduced in volume preservation.
• added per Clump randomness.
• added Attach Input Curves parameter to the Convert node which will attach static curves to a moving input mesh (with a Texture Reference object).

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4.2.1

Released: 25/11/22

Dependencies: MtoA 5.2.2.0, Arnold 7.1.4.0, V-Ray 6.00, Renderman 24.4, Redshift 3.5.06, Clarisse 5.0 SP8

Changes & Bug Fixes

• updated to Arnold 7.1.4.0 and MtoA 5.2.2.0.
• Clumping node now retains the input shape of fibers in a similar manner to the pre-4.0 release.  A new Retain Shape parameter (on by default) can be used to toggle this change in the event it breaks the look of any assets in production.

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4.2.0

Released: 22/11/22

Dependencies: MtoA 5.2.0.0, Arnold 7.1.3.0, V-Ray 6.00, Renderman 24.4, Redshift 3.5.06, Clarisse 5.0 SP8

Changes & Bug Fixes

• updated to V-Ray 6.0.
• dropping support for Maya 2020
• Clarisse module now ships with Maya 2022 and 2023 distribution.
• Redshift extension supports more than 2 deformation blur steps.
• refactored how the dynamic system handles stiffness for more accurate results.
• added Barb Tear Seed to the feather shape UI which can be overridden in the graph by modifying the feather_barb_tear_seed attribute (uniform float).
• added Barb Width control to Feather shape UI to provide an overall modulation of the feather width curve.
• added textures parameter to pgYetiCacheInfo which will return a list of files used by any texture nodes in a cache.

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