LuxCoreRender Release Notes v2.1

LuxCore

New features:

• Denoiser
• Updated to VisualStudio C++ 2017
• Updated to Boost v1.67
• Updated to OpenImageIO v1.8.11
• Updated to OpenEXR v2.2.0
• Updated to Embree v3.2.0

Fixed bugs:

• Fixed few errors in pyluxcoretools
• Fixed infinite lights emission for BIDIRCPU/LIGTHCPU
• Normal mesh now have a local space like instanced mesh (for animation and procedural textures)

Known problems:

• LuxCore API requires latin locale
• accelerator.bvh.builder.type = EMBREE_MORTON doesn't work with the latest Embree
• Python crashes when calling sys.exit()

BlendLuxCore

New features:

• show a label in the UI if OpenCL engine is selected in build without OpenCL support
• Allow random sampler to be used with Bidir (for better denoising results), show a warning if Metropolis is combined with the denoiser
• do not create a lightgroup pass if only the default lightgroup is used
• add operator to import multiple images at once (node editor), restructure node categories
• make LuxCore nodes work with reroutes
• add support for smoke velocity channel
• add lightgroup support for volumes
• new invert texture node
• support for mesh auto smooth option
• Tile highlighting
• Pause mode (Video)

Fixed bugs:

• fix incorrect halt condition check
• fix exception when updating light attributes from Python console
• Unsaved generated images do not work as imagemap textures
• fix ColorMix node having min/max sockets instead of scalars in clamp mode
• fix broken material preview
• fix backface sockets being visible by default
• Blender interface lags a lot when rendering large resolutions
• fix some errors if no there is no world
• fix various bugs in world update logic when deleting/switching worlds
• fix hair export creating orphaned mesh data, improve hair export performance

Known problems:

• Inserted keyframes in material node graph don't show up in graph editor or anywhere else
• Blender crashes when Ctrl+C is pressed to copy an object with a material