When mantra generates a deep shadow map, the surface shaders are now treated as if they were being called from shadow shaders. That is, the VEX function isshadowray() will return true.

When mantra generates a deep shadow map, the surface shaders are now treated as if they were being called from shadow shaders. That is, the VEX function isshadowray() will return true.

When mantra generates a deep shadow map, the surface shaders are now treated as if they were being called from shadow shaders. That is, the VEX function isshadowray() will return true.

When mantra generates a deep shadow map, the surface shaders are now treated as if they were being called from shadow shaders. That is, the VEX function isshadowray() will return true.

IMG_DeepShadow can now be used to read the raw opacity data from a deep shadow file in addition to the existing write functionality.

IMG_DeepShadow can now be used to read the raw opacity data from a deep shadow file in addition to the existing write functionality.

IMG_DeepShadow can now be used to read the raw opacity data from a deep shadow file in addition to the existing write functionality.

IMG_DeepShadow can now be used to read the raw opacity data from a deep shadow file in addition to the existing write functionality.

IMG_DeepShadow can now be used to read the raw opacity data from a deep shadow file in addition to the existing write functionality.

Loading helpcards on certain Linux distributions no longer prints an error about loading the stylesheet.

Loading helpcards on certain Linux distributions no longer prints an error about loading the stylesheet.

Loading helpcards on certain Linux distributions no longer prints an error about loading the stylesheet.

Loading helpcards on certain Linux distributions no longer prints an error about loading the stylesheet.

Loading helpcards on certain Linux distributions no longer prints an error about loading the stylesheet.

New example for the Layer SOP demonstrating how to use it for multi-texturing.

New example for the Layer SOP demonstrating how to use it for multi-texturing.

New example for the Layer SOP demonstrating how to use it for multi-texturing.

New example for the Layer SOP demonstrating how to use it for multi-texturing.

New example for the Layer SOP demonstrating how to use it for multi-texturing.

The Group SOP will no longer leak memory when it bounds points by metaballs.

The Group SOP will no longer leak memory when it bounds points by metaballs.

The Group SOP will no longer leak memory when it bounds points by metaballs.

The Group SOP will no longer leak memory when it bounds points by metaballs.

The Group SOP will no longer leak memory when it bounds points by metaballs.

The RBD Point Object no longer crashes Houdini on Linux builds. The problem was with the ifs() expression not handling empty results, so this crash could have manifested itself outside of DOPs.