Hello! Trying to learn better optimized Mantra render optimization and I'm looking for the Adaptive Sampling checkbox but I don't see it in the new H16 version.

Did they change the name of it or remove it completely? :O

Also cannot find the old Color Limit Decay; but I do see a color limit depth… can someone explain the difference?

*ALSO* If anyone has any good pro-tips/resources with lots of great info on the topic I'd love to know. Been going through the basic documentation and awesome Mantra User Guide posted earlier this month for info.

Thanks!

I think those topics are pretty well covered in these guides:

https://www.sidefx.com/tutorials/mantra-user-guide/ [www.sidefx.com]

FYI: mantra has hundreds of render properties that are not exposed by default on the mantra/object/camera node. Defaults tend to change from version to version, when old ones are removed, they often remain valid. You can find them in the edit render properties dialog.

enter in the textport to see a long list of properties.

detailed information about many properties can be found on this page:
http://www.sidefx.com/docs/houdini/props/mantra [www.sidefx.com]