2.0.0

Downloads: https://atoms.toolchefs.com/downloads/

This version of Atoms Crowd contains the following bug fixes and improvements.

Features and improvements:

• New state-of-the-art OpenGL draw system. Agent type settings for OpenGL LODs.
• Katana 3 support.
• Cache Exporter is interruptable.
• New agent randomizer tool.
• New agents helper tool.
• New Kill module.
• New ProximityMetadata module.
• New FollowAgent module.
• New ArrowEmitter module.
• Variation tables can store a look file per agent type and preview images for each geometry group.
• FBX exporter exports attribute with the "atoms_" prefix by default, but can be deactivated in the FBX exporter UI.
• The clip being played by the state machine and clip reader modules can be displayed when activating the debug checkbox.
• New expose curve and mesh metadata nodes.
• Documentation for Atoms Crowd nodes available.
• Added progress bar to Variation builder.
• Automatic render instancing and frustum culling.
• New python plugins systems.
• New python hooks: variation filter and custom file browser.
• Mesh loader can be extended.
• Skeleton loader can be extended.
• Added alembic support for reading meshes.
• Added pole vector locator when tagging a foot root.
• Added import, load and save buttons to all tabs in the Atoms UI.
• Foot down data can now be edited directly in the Atoms UI.
• New network nodes for getting and setting joint matrices.
• New network nodes for getting and setting Maya attributes (Maya).
• Cloth Setup now support the wrap deformer (Maya).
• CFX Sim Exporter supports "First" cloth caches when exporting groom cache and dynamic curve alembics (Maya).
• DG node for reading cloth caches (Maya).
• Added blend shape support to CFX simulation exporter (Maya).
• New agent group widget for module list metadatas (Maya).
• Added percentage sliders for point layout UI (Maya).
• Drag and drop attributes from the outliner to connect them with the module metadatas (Maya).
• Multiple selection is now supported in the module list (Maya).
• Support for more than one xgen collection per description (Maya).
• Support to serialized groom data inside the variation table
• Added mesh filters to the variation table
• Added path filters (C++ only)
• Added support to Arnold 5.1.1.X
• Added renderman 22 procedural

Bug Fixes:

• UV coordinates are not being re-evaluated for each follicle when building the CFX scene (Maya).
• Atoms UI does not break if the event name contains white spaces in GUI mode.
• Houdini skeleton animation exporter used to fail if a ground mesh was not used as input.
• State machine editor now only display the registered animation clip events.
• Fixed an issue with alembic sub-sampling and xgen.
• Fixed an issue with katana when expanding all agent geos.