5.4.0

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

This version of Atoms VFX contains the following bug fixes.

Improvements:

General

• Added support for 4k monitors (DPI scaling).

• BehaviourTree: Added new node for setting a blackboard key to an element of an array.

• BehaviourTree: added node for find the closest position in an array.

• File browsers start with the current location.

• Added new replace paths utility (under the “scene” sub menu).

• New file caching system.

• Added support for animation clips, agent types and variations callback.

• Arnold 7 support.

• Vray 6 support.

• Unsync clips evaluation refactor (Locomotion).

• Added wait timer to unsync clips.

• Layout tool:

  • deleting with multiple agent Filters: use the first active one.

  • now checks if invert is on the agentFilter module.

  • layout tool with points layout can now filter agents with the new button “filter selected agents”.

  • new pick selection.

• New joint pose metadata debugger.

• USD:

  • Added LOD support.

  • Mesh exporter: added collections.

  • AgentGroup/Variation exporter: added mergePayload option.

  • Blendshapes: added support to sparse ids.

• Updated ragdoll builder with the new viewport.

• Each layout module now uses the first available agent type as default instead of “man”.

• Added useVelocityThreshold and velocityThreshold to FollowTarget module.

• New ProjectDirectionOnUpPlane module.

• New Mirror Module.

• Added new frame offset to StateMachine, ClipReader and Locomotion modules.

• Added length stretch max ratio to StateMachine, ClipReader and Locomotion modules.

• Added disableFootLockOnLeftStretch to StateMachine, ClipReader and Locomotion modules.

• Added new “blend” attribute to followCurve module to make the agents stay at the same distance from the curve.

• Added “negative linear max distance” to FollowTarget, FollowMesh, FollowAgent, AgentAvoindance and FollowTargetCurve.

• AgentAvoidance “EditPosition” is off by default in AtomsMaya and AtomsHoudini.

• Removed LocomotionDriver module.

Atoms UI

• New Viewport.

• State Machine UI:

  • search state by id.

  • the clip names are editable in the clip list.

  • added the id to the node in the viewport.

  • copy paste now also copies the connections.

  • drag and drop from animation clip dialog to create a state.

  • added random weights to state clips.

• Node editor:

  • added node colors.

  • graph and inspector selections are restored.

  • dropped the text edit from the nodes.

• Animation clip dialog shows the folder that you have in the AnimationClip list.

• Animation clip: the frame slider is colored according to the frame range.

• Animation clip: the frame slider can now be clicked and moved even while playing.

• Removed case sensitive search and sorting.

• Added “zero scale sanitizer ” option to the animation clip.

• Added progress bar to show how far the registration has gone.

AtomsHoudini

• New Sop Solver.

• New Dop Solver walkthrough.

• Refactoring Parm generation system for behaviour modules.

• The file browser uses Houdini file browser.

• Parent agent group shows a pre-populated list.

• Added Vray support.

• Added Redshift support.

• Layout tool also works with pointsLayout when the agent group has input points.

• moved 456.py code inside a separate function to call.

• The agent group modules sop nodes now read the point attributes to set the module parameters.

• New setStateByName module.

• New SopReader module.

• Houdini converter: added blendshape and color support and only active layout export.

AtomsMaya

• Added center of mass attribute to the agent group node (needs to be connected to work).

AtomsClarisse

• Clarisse: warning if the meshes and materials cannot be found.

Bug Fixes

• AtomsUI: Fixed string on top of each other when two joints are in the same position .

• AtomsHoudini: Fixed a memory leak.

• AtomsHoudini: Fixed the duplicate and separate agent groups functions.

• Fixed a bug when both gravity field and useClipDirection are enabled.

• Fixed foot down blending with locomotion.

• State Machine: Fixed one shot clip states.

• State machine transitions with random clips now work.

• Fixed the state machine operator so that it syncs the first frame.

• AtomsMaya: Agents can be selected even if the caching is on.

• ACS-422: Agent override: invert selection.

• ACS-429: Adding two new selecting tools.

• ACS-423: Agent Filter: remove Ids.

• ACS-418: Added new switches for agent group on AtomsSimDop node.

• When exporting ada the json is a json file and not string json