Golaem 7.1 (2019/09/09)

New features

  • New Golaem plugin for Houdini 17.5 which allows to preview and render Golaem Caches in Mantra (beta)
  • Cache Proxies can now have a hierarchy of Layout Files to layout Simulation Cache at multiple levels (project, sequence, shot...)
  • New renderer attributes mechanism to control per mesh rendering properties (subd, displ, viz...) for Arnold, Vray, Renderman rendering plugin

Improvements

  • Added an offline mode to the Posture and the Rig Layers in the Layout Tool
  • Added an 'Import Maya Keyframes' button on the Posture and Rig Layer in the Layout Tool
  • Layout Nodes can be double clicked to be added to the latest Selector in the Layout Tool
  • Added a progress bar when loading keyframes in the Layout Tool
  • Layers can now be copied between Layout Files in the Layout Tool
  • Layers can now be directly added to links or Groups in the Layout Tool
  • Added a indicator * on tabs that are modified but not yet saved in the Layout Tool
  • A Merge Layer is now added if several links are connected to root when grouping in the Layout Tool
  • Added ungroup option in the Layout Tool
  • Notes can be copied in the Layout Tool
  • Added coloring of Entities when a Behavior starts
  • Added support for Guerilla Render 2.2
  • Added support for expression based shading in Guerilla Render 2.2

Bug fixes

  • Fixed first frame and batch rendering in the 3ds Max render plugin
  • Fixed the Set Mode of the Posture Layer in the Layout Tool
  • Fixed saving of nested Layer Groups in the Layout Tool
  • Fixed doubled connections between nodes when grouped in the Layout Tool
  • Fixed Populate On Curve with various Crowd Unit in the Population Tool
  • Fixed Populate On Curve and Terrain pinning in the Population Tool
  • Fixed Terrain Adaptation in the Renderman render plugin
  • Fixed a crash when parsing some attributes in the Renderman render plugin

Refactoring

  • Refactored Undo/Redo in the Layout Tool
  • Removed the Set Mode of the Rig Layer in the Layout Tool
  • duplicateIds are now replaced by an expression taking their ID directly from node output in the Layout Tool
  • Improved update of keyframes of the Posture Layer in the Layout Tool
  • Layout Graphs are now centered when opening Layout Files or Layout Groups
  • Removed .mi option in the Crowd Archiver Node

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 and 12.X
  • Guerilla Render 2.1, 2.2
  • Katana 2.5, 2.6 and 3.X from KtoA 2.X and RfK 22.4, 22.5
  • Unreal Engine 4.20
  • Houdini 17.5

Also supported (but must be manually installed):

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