LuxCoreRender Release Notes v2.10

LuxCore

New Features

Add a new, multiplatform dependency manager: LuxCoreDeps. The new dep manager is based on Conan, an open source software which gives access to a database of thousands of build recipes, maintained up-to-date both by a company (JFrog) and a dynamic community. The deps are now built from sources, for a better control of build settings, binary compatibility etc.

Update dependencies to latest versions

Restore buildability for all previous platforms: Linux, Windows, MacOS Intel

Add MacOS ARM platform.

Deliver LuxCoreRender in the form of Python wheels, published on PyPi.

Rewrite automation (check, build, publish...) in Github Actions

BlendLuxCore

New Features

• Compatibility for Blender 4.2 and 4.3
• Partial compatibility for Blender 4.4 (not a release goal)
• Moved from Blenders addon system to the new extension system
• BlendLuxCore no longer bundles LuxCore binaries, platform specific binaries now distributed via PyPi
• Changed build pipeline from Azure to GitHub CI/CD
• Add square-root option to math node (alias to power 0.5)
• Add a setting to suppress LuxCore console log output
• Glass material now accepts IOR < 1
• Materials can now be individually excluded from material override
• BlendLuxCore specific menus are marked with an icon

Fixed Bugs

• Motion blur support for instances
• Improve custom normals export time by utilizing mesh.loops.foreach_get()
• LOL: Changed data access to adapt to new webhosting requirements

Known Problems

• Crashes are observed on macOS with Blender 4.2 and Blender 4.3. Related to window resizing and render completion. Unknown if Blender specific or also happening in standalone.
• Motion blur does not seem to work on "deeper iterations", e.g. copying an instanced object