Houdini Main Changelogs

20.5.390
  • Fixed a bug where an APEX graph's port would not be considered promotedwhen it passed through a null or spare port.
  • Fixed a bug where an APEX graph's port would not be considered promotedwhen it reached the input or output of a graph::Template.
Thu. October 17, 2024
21.0.142
  • Fixed a bug where an APEX graph's port would not be considered promotedwhen it passed through a null or spare port.
  • Fixed a bug where an APEX graph's port would not be considered promotedwhen it reached the input or output of a graph::Template.
Thu. October 17, 2024
21.0.142

Fixed a bug in the APEX ragdoll tool where parameter changes did not always cause a resimulation when returning to an older cached frame.

Thu. October 17, 2024
21.0.142

Added a new environment variable (KARMA_XPU_DEVICES) which simplifies the selection of devices for Karma XPU rendering. Examples are:

  • "*" - Render using all devices (default)
  • "optix*" - Render using all Optix devices
  • "*,^optix*" - Render using all devices except Optix.
  • "embree,optix2" - Render using embree and optix2 devices.
Thu. October 17, 2024
20.5.390

The Configure Stage parameters that run prim patterns on the input stage to set load or population masks now allow the pattern to include instance proxy prims.

Thu. October 17, 2024
21.0.142

Fixed a bug with the rasterizer COP failing when 8 outputs were requested.

Thu. October 17, 2024
21.0.142

The Configure Stage parameters that run prim patterns on the input stage to set load or population masks now allow the pattern to include instance proxy prims.

Thu. October 17, 2024
21.0.142

Python LOPs will now add a warning if their cook code includes any calls to set or remove global context options. This is something a Python LOP should not do.

Thu. October 17, 2024
21.0.142

Fixed a bug where we used an incorrect mouse position on UI events inside python panels.

Thu. October 17, 2024
21.0.142

Fixed setting the "uniform" toggle on string parameter of the MaterialX USD shade networks loaded into Edit Material Network LOP.

Thu. October 17, 2024
21.0.141

Added is_visible boolean argument to hou.Geometry.packToFolder(). It controls the visibility of the added packed folder.

Wed. October 16, 2024
20.5.389

Added the previously missing HoudiniVersion.cs, StructMembers.cs and HARCImports.cs source files to the Houdini Engine C# bindings. This is to achieve parity with what is made available to the HE for Unity plugin.

Wed. October 16, 2024
20.0.861

The Remesh to Camera SOP and the Houdini Ocean Procedural LOP now have an option to choose the space for measuring geometry in the camera Z direction.

Wed. October 16, 2024
20.5.389

The Remesh to Camera SOP and the Houdini Ocean Procedural LOP now have an option to choose the space for measuring geometry in the camera Z direction.

Wed. October 16, 2024
20.0.861

The Houdini Ocean Procedural now properly measures edge length for use with the Anti-Alias Blur parameter in object space. This fix only affects oceans that have a scaling transform applied to them.

Wed. October 16, 2024
20.5.389

The Houdini Ocean Procedural now properly measures edge length for use with the Anti-Alias Blur parameter in object space. This fix only affects oceans that have a scaling transform applied to them.

Wed. October 16, 2024
20.0.861

The Houdini Ocean Procedural now deletes a number of interal primitive attributes, using less memory for high resolution ocean rendering.

Wed. October 16, 2024
20.5.389

The Houdini Ocean Procedural now deletes a number of interal primitive attributes, using less memory for high resolution ocean rendering.

Wed. October 16, 2024
20.5.389

Fixed a regression from 20.5.375 which caused agent blendshapes to not appear in the Vulkan viewport.

Wed. October 16, 2024
20.0.861

Fixed a case where point selection on point primitives could select incorrect or invalid ids

Wed. October 16, 2024
20.5.389

Fixed a case where point selection on point primitives could select incorrect or invalid ids

Wed. October 16, 2024
21.0.141

Fixed a regression from 20.5.375 which caused agent blendshapes to not appear in the Vulkan viewport.

Wed. October 16, 2024
21.0.141

The Remesh to Camera SOP and the Houdini Ocean Procedural LOP now have an option to choose the space for measuring geometry in the camera Z direction.

Wed. October 16, 2024
21.0.141

The Houdini Ocean Procedural now properly measures edge length for use with the Anti-Alias Blur parameter in object space. This fix only affects oceans that have a scaling transform applied to them.

Wed. October 16, 2024
21.0.141

The Houdini Ocean Procedural now deletes a number of interal primitive attributes, using less memory for high resolution ocean rendering.

Wed. October 16, 2024