Golaem 7.0.1 (2019/06/10)

New Features

  • New Nodal Simulation Layout Tool in the Golaem for Maya plugin
  • New Nodal Simulation Layout Tool in the Golaem for Unreal plugin
  • New Nodal Simulation Layout Tool standalone
  • New Full IK Rig Layer in the Layout Tool to reanimate characters
  • New Ground Adaptation Layer (with IK on feet) in the Layout Tool
  • New Look At Layer in the Layout Tool
  • New Face To Layer in the Layout Tool
  • New Set Frame Layer in the Layout Tool
  • Relevant attributes of Layers of the Layout Tool can now be keyframed
  • Keyframable attributes of Layers can be controlled by Maya locators
  • New Merge Simulation Caches Tool

Improvements

  • Added support of the Geometry Tag in the Golaem For Katana plugin
  • Added support of subdivision parameters for Renderman in the Golaem For Katana plugin
  • Added Crowd Unit and Character import scale support in the Golaem for Unreal plugin
  • Added RotateVector, RotateEuler and Normalize operations in the ChOp Editor
  • Added displacement support in the Golaem For Renderman plugin
  • Golaem painted locators can now be controlled by Maya Shading Nodes

Bug fixes

  • Fixed missing cloth deformation when using fur
  • Fixed '-' parsing in the Golaem For Renderman plugin
  • Fixed the normal pass in the Golaem For Renderman plugin within Katana
  • Fixed batch rendering in he Golaem For Renderman plugin (must use Renderman 22.4)
  • Fixed Distance trigger when linking Maya groups with objects

Refactoring

  • Crowd Manager Attributes have been rearranged
  • Swiss Knife Tool has been merged in the Crowd Manager Attributes

API

  • Layout File format (.gscl) has been completely rewritten
  • New Golaem Layout Python API
  • Simulation Cache C++ API has been updated for the new Layout Tool
  • Simulation Cache Python API has been updated for the new Layout Tool

Supported Rendering Engines

  • Mtoa 3.1, 3.2
  • V-Ray For Maya 4.0X
  • V-Ray For 3ds Max 4.10
  • Renderman For Maya 22.4, 22.5
  • Mental Ray 3.13.X
  • Redshift 2.6.14-20
  • 3Delight Studio Pro 11.0.XX & 12.X
  • Guerilla Render 1.4.4
  • Katana 2.5, 2.6 and 3.X from KtoA 2.X and RfK 21.6, 22.X

Also supported (but must be manually installed):

  • Mtoa 3.0, 2.X
  • V-Ray For Maya 3.6X
  • Renderman Studio 21.5-7
  • Redshift 2.5.64-71