Houdini Main Changelogs

20.5.376

Fixed an issue level instance inputs would not always be uploaded to Houdini.

Fri. October 4, 2024
20.5.376

Fixed an issue with the RBD Car Follow Path SOP where wheels would keep moving when the vehicle was stopped and springs were enabled. Fixed an issue where the animated steering would jitter when the vehicle wheels might be positioned ahead of the next frames depending on terrain geography. Added support for reversing the vehicle along the curve. Improved dynamic reversing.

Thu. October 3, 2024
20.5.376

The File::New Asset Python options for Compositing are suffixed - Old as they refer to the old Compositor. The Subnet option for Compositing is likewise taged old, and a new Copernicus option added.

Thu. October 3, 2024
20.5.376

Added support for geometry inputs and outputs in compiled blocks.

Thu. October 3, 2024
20.5.375

Fixed an issue where animation matrices would be scaled in Houdini when importing from Unreal.

Thu. October 3, 2024
20.5.375

Internal unit test updates.

Thu. October 3, 2024
20.5.375

Fixed an issue where masks on height fields could sometimes have the wrong size when exporting to Houdini from Unreal.

Thu. October 3, 2024
20.5.375

Added support for exporting Physics Assets for Skeletal Meshes from Houdini to Unreal. An auto-generated Physics Asset is now created by default.

Thu. October 3, 2024
20.5.375

Added internal tests for Unreal presets.

Thu. October 3, 2024
20.5.376

Python States - Delay node change event setup

  • Fix a bug in the python states support that could potentially lead to anexception if node events are sent during an `onEnter` callback.
Thu. October 3, 2024
20.5.376

Packages - browser package editing bug

  • Fix a bug in the browser to avoid reloading a deactivated package after editing.
Thu. October 3, 2024
20.5.375

Fixed an issue where level instances would not always bake in non-world partition levels.

Thu. October 3, 2024
20.5.375

Fixed missing parameter descriptions in the help tool tips of the ROP GLTF Output SOP node.

Wed. October 2, 2024
20.5.375

Improve performance for pick id render passes with large number of primitives

Wed. October 2, 2024
20.5.375

Change element index layout for meshes with no vertex attributes giving some performance improvement for some scenes

Wed. October 2, 2024
20.5.375
  • Fix Bug where face selection would not handle the front only or back only option
  • Fix transparent objects not recieving shadows
  • Fix Bug where wrong instances would be highlighted when doing point selectionon an instanced primitive
Wed. October 2, 2024
20.5.375

Fix a viewport crash in some high VRAM usage scenarios

Wed. October 2, 2024
20.5.375

Added new %payload primitive pattern auto collection which matches any prim with a payload composition arc.

Wed. October 2, 2024
20.5.375

When collapsing nodes to a subnet in COPs, the output type will be set from the input type of the output node, rather than the output type.

Wed. October 2, 2024
20.5.375

Fixed a performance regression with packed prims in both Vulkan and GL renderers.

Wed. October 2, 2024
20.5.375

Fixed issues in the Instancer LOP with transferring indexed primvar values when the Method parameter was set to any mode other than Point Instancer.

Wed. October 2, 2024
20.5.375

Fixed an issue where a LOP node that uses context options in parameter values could cook unnecessarily, get mysterious warnings on the node, and not show expected results in the parameter dialog.

Wed. October 2, 2024
20.5.375

Fixed a crash in the Instancer LOP when using an indexed primvar as the prototype index, name, or path attribute.

Wed. October 2, 2024
20.5.375

Added C# bindings of the Houdini Engine API now available under the 'engine/bindings/csharp' folder of the Houdini installation directory.

Wed. October 2, 2024
20.5.375

Fixed a bug with Education licenses not fully changing the application over to an education application.

Wed. October 2, 2024