Release Notes (8.0.0.0147)

System requirements

Windows
  • Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8, or Windows 8.1
  • CPU 64-bit Intel® or AMD® multi-core processor
  • 4 GB RAM minimum, 8 GB of RAM memory is highly recommended
  • Hardware-accelerated OpenGL® graphics card
  • 1 GB available hard disk space for installation
  • 3 button mouse
Linux 64
  • 64 bits distribution with a 2.6 Kernel and glib 2.11.3
  • csh (C-shell)
  • CPU 64-bit Intel® or AMD® multi-core processor
  • 4 GB RAM minimum, 8 GB of RAM memory is highly recommended
  • Hardware-accelerated OpenGL® graphics card
  • 1 GB available hard disk space for installation
  • 3 button mouse
Macintosh
  • Mac OS X 10.8 and higher
  • CPU 64-bit Intel®
  • 4 GB RAM minimum, 8 GB of RAM memory is highly recommended
  • Hardware-accelerated OpenGL® graphics card
  • 1 GB available hard disk space for installation
  • 3 button mouse

Features added

Built-in objects

RF-2174 New Feature - Add a new set of parameters in the "Display Volume" tab to display the isosurface of objects and multibodies.

C++ API

RF-1742 New Feature - New function "addCubeTopOpen" for the Python and C++ SDK.

Commands

RF-2323 New Feature - RF_COMMANDS_FILE_PATH, RF_SHELVES_FILE_PATH, and RF_SHORTCUTS_FILE_PATH environment variables to customize commands, shelves and shortcuts paths.

RF-2320 New Feature - Add "Purge all graphs memory" option.

RF-1781 New Feature - UI shelves with larger icons

RF-1778 New Feature - Icon Editor for commands

RF-1777 New Feature - New Shelves section in preferences

RF-1775 New Feature - New Shelves Manager

RF-1774 New Feature - New Commands Manager

General

RF-1595 New Feature - Alternative paths for cache files to use when there are problems writing in the current path.

RF-235 New Feature - Double-click on the node in the "Nodes" panel to rename the node.

Graphs

RF-2320 New Feature - Add "Purge all graphs memory" option.

RF-2162 New Feature - ScalarFieldInfo and Vector3FieldInfo nodes.

RF-2081 New Feature - Add a graph node "GetDistanceField" that gets a distance field from a "HybridoDomain" node.

RF-2055 New Feature - Graph Interface nodes to set up its parameters from outside of the graph.

RF-1847 New Feature - Add a graph node "FieldRealCreate" that using a cloud of points will create a field splatting the value at the points.

RF-1840 New Feature - Add a graph node "FieldMix" that using a mask field will mix two fields into a new one.

RF-1839 New Feature - Add a graph node "FieldRealCreateConstant" that creates a real constant field.

RF-1807 New Feature - Add a graph node "DisplayFieldMask" that displays a mask field in the viewport.

RF-1806 New Feature - Add a graph node "FieldRealCreateFromMaskField" that creates a real field from a mask field.

RF-1805 New Feature - Add a graph node "FieldMaskCreateFromDistanceField" that creates a mask field from a distance field.

RF-1804 New Feature - Add a graph node "FieldViscositySet" that allows to set a viscosity field for Hybrido fluids.

RF-1662 New Feature - Select All and Copy All options for graphs.

Grid displacement

RF-2152 New Feature - Hybrido Mesh parameter to control the edge size of the tessellation when 'Use displacement' is enabled.

Grid mist

RF-2145 New Feature - Mist can export OpenVDB files.

Hybrido fluids

RF-2257 New Feature - New option "Sampling Object Boundaries Control" in the HY_Domain node that allows for keeping the particle number more or less constant at the object boundaries

RF-1906 New Feature - Noise parameter on Hybrido Emitters

RF-1804 New Feature - Add a graph node "FieldViscositySet" that allows to set a viscosity field for Hybrido fluids.

RF-1350 New Feature - Add a viscosity model to the HyFLIP solver.

Hybrido mesh algorithm

RF-2257 New Feature - New option "Sampling Object Boundaries Control" in the HY_Domain node that allows for keeping the particle number more or less constant at the object boundaries

RF-1599 New Feature - Open boundaries with extension.

Hybrido mesh intergration

RF-2152 New Feature - Hybrido Mesh parameter to control the edge size of the tessellation when 'Use displacement' is enabled.

RF-1596 New Feature - Meshing region allows for boost of the meshing process.

Import objects

RF-2174 New Feature - Add a new set of parameters in the "Display Volume" tab to display the isosurface of objects and multibodies.

Licensing

RF-2150 New Feature - The "hostid" needed to license RealFlow is shown in the splash and about windows. It should be also printed out when running in command line.

RF-1584 New Feature - RLM licensing system

Maxwell Integration

RF-1592 New Feature - Maxwell render passes.

Node parameters window

RF-2174 New Feature - Add a new set of parameters in the "Display Volume" tab to display the isosurface of objects and multibodies.

Ocean Force daemon

RF-1594 New Feature - Ocean Force daemon.

Preferences

RF-1777 New Feature - New Shelves section in preferences

Python API

RF-2361 New Feature - Ability to set and get file name prefix, extension order and padding from Python.

RF-1742 New Feature - New function "addCubeTopOpen" for the Python and C++ SDK.

Shelves

RF-2323 New Feature - RF_COMMANDS_FILE_PATH, RF_SHELVES_FILE_PATH, and RF_SHORTCUTS_FILE_PATH environment variables to customize commands, shelves and shortcuts paths.

Shorcut Manager

RF-2323 New Feature - RF_COMMANDS_FILE_PATH, RF_SHELVES_FILE_PATH, and RF_SHORTCUTS_FILE_PATH environment variables to customize commands, shelves and shortcuts paths.

Simulation Flow architecture

RF-2033 New Feature - Graph file references from Simulation Flow.

Simulation Graph

RF-2033 New Feature - Graph file references from Simulation Flow.

Tendril daemon

RF-1598 New Feature - Add tendril options to the Shetter daemon.

User interface

RF-2079 New Feature - Preferences setting to adjust the size of the node list and node selector icons.

RF-1781 New Feature - UI shelves with larger icons

RF-1778 New Feature - Icon Editor for commands

RF-1776 New Feature - New Shortcuts Manager

RF-1597 New Feature - Display the force field for daemons.

Improvements

C++ API

RF-2025 Improvement - setEndFrame() function to modify the animation end frame.

DSpline daemon

RF-2001 Improvement - Add the undo/redo functionality to the manipulation of the control points in the DSpline daemon.

Export Central

RF-1417 Improvement - Save main widgets window state for current session.

File export

RF-2051 Improvement - Ability to save particles as .prt should be added to the ParticleSave node in Graphs

General

RF-2047 Improvement - Upgrade the Generate Uuid tool to create values depending on what is it going to be used for.

RF-141 Improvement - CommandsOrganizer.dat format should be user-friendly

Graphs

RF-2308 Improvement - New 'region' parameter for graph MeshTessellate node.

RF-2268 Improvement - GetMultiBodyMesh node also returns the name of the mesh.

RF-2163 Improvement - FieldVector3Sweep graph node should let the user decide the direction.

RF-2111 Improvement - Possibility to edit the order of node dynamic pins.

RF-2103 Improvement - Possibility to decide the order of evaluation in a graph.

RF-2051 Improvement - Ability to save particles as .prt should be added to the ParticleSave node in Graphs

RF-2019 Improvement - The graph node "DisplayVector3" has been vastly improved in terms of display perfornance.

RF-2016 Improvement - Add a graph node "DistanceFieldInvert" to invert distance fields.

RF-2015 Improvement - The graph node "DisplayFieldVector3" has a new input pin named "scale" that can be used to scale the magnitude of all the vectors in the field.

RF-2014 Improvement - The graph node "DisplayFieldVector3" has been vastly improved in terms of display performance.

RF-1901 Improvement - The graph node "ParticleAddChannel" has a new parameter "default value" that can be used to set a default value for the channel in new created particles.

RF-1700 Improvement - StringWriteToFilePath takes a lot of time to be executed if the number of input strings is big.

RF-1651 Improvement - MeshFindNearestPosition node should allow multiple 'search distance' input values.

Grid emitter

RF-246 Improvement - New parameter "inherit velocity" so the emitted fluid has the same velocity than the emission object.

Grid splash

RF-1989 Improvement - Hybrido splash-related secondary emitters can be simulated using the FLIP solver.

Hybrido fluids

RF-1903 Improvement - Overall improvement in simulation time when the grid is in sparse mode.

RF-1782 Improvement - Improve the quality of the dynamics of the free surface.

Licensing

RF-2284 Improvement - Try to recover the license when the connection with the license server is lost.

Python API

RF-2025 Improvement - setEndFrame() function to modify the animation end frame.

RealFlow macros

RF-2116 Improvement - Support for scene variables.

Relationship Editor

RF-2242 Improvement - Let the user customize the default radius of Relationship Editor nodes.

Sheeter daemon

RF-1981 Improvement - The "Sheeter" daemon does a better job at the time of detecting and filling cavities.

Simulation Flow architecture

RF-2161 Improvement - Referenced graphs support for XML import/export.

Simulation Flow window

RF-2031 Improvement - There should be an icon next to every Simulation Flow item type when right clicking to add a new one.

RF-2030 Improvement - Simulation Flow should ask for confirmation when removing one of its elements of the tree.

Spline emitter

RF-2041 Improvement - Add the undo/redo functionality to the manipulation of the control points in the Spline emitter.

User interface

RF-2281 Improvement - The error, warning and information dialog boxes show a button "Show/Hide Details..." that allow to show/hide more detailed information about the issue.

RF-2241 Improvement - Let the user decide if children windows must remain on top for Mac OS X.

RF-2179 Improvement - Add options to the menu "View->Show" to hide/show the different type of nodes in the current view.

RF-2178 Improvement - Add an option "Selection Highligthing" to the menu "View->Show" to enable/disable that functionality.

RF-2134 Improvement - "Zoom All" and "Zoom Selected" options should be available in the View menu.

RF-2084 Improvement - Lock icon should appear closed when enabled.

RF-2077 Improvement - Scale Options maximum value is 1000, which might be too low.

RF-2048 Improvement - Node list icons should display a different icon for every node subtype. It would make it easier to identify types after renaming.

RF-2046 Improvement - New icon to launch OpenGL previews next to the playback buttons

RF-2005 Improvement - The "Messages" panel is shown when the user double clicks on the messages bar.

XML import/export

RF-2161 Improvement - Referenced graphs support for XML import/export.

Limitations

Caronte

RF-514 Limitation - Interaction with planes is not good

Caronte integration

RF-1568 Limitation - A node of type HY_Domain in cache mode doesn't affect neither rigid nor soft body objects.

Commands

RF-2377 Limitation - RealFlow commands execution cannot be aborted.

RF-1330 Limitation - Commands organizer should accept graphs

FLW read/write

RF-2170 Limitation - The option "Selection Highligthing" from the menu "View->Show" is not saved with the project.

RF-2169 Limitation - The options to hide/show the nodes of the scene from the menu "View->Show" are not saved with the project.

General

RF-160 Limitation - Scene Animation.SD doesn't hold new objects created during the simulation.

RF-158 Limitation - FLW files are not interchangeable between machines with different endianness.

RF-157 Limitation - BDC files are not interchangeable between machines with different endianness.

RF-156 Limitation - Maximum number of threads is 128

Graphs

RF-1988 Limitation - FieldSave node cannot save several fields inside a single file. Unlike FieldRealLoad.

Grid Splash & Foam

RF-562 Limitation - Mist can't be created for Splash&Foam and Wet&Foam nodes.

Grid Wet & Foam

RF-562 Limitation - Mist can't be created for Splash&Foam and Wet&Foam nodes.

Hybrido

RF-1568 Limitation - A node of type HY_Domain in cache mode doesn't affect neither rigid nor soft body objects.

Hybrido fluids

RF-300 Limitation - Proxy files cannot be exported with the GridDomain on cache mode

Maxwell Integration

RF-1735 Limitation - RealFlow crashes during Maxwell voxelization when memory is exceeded

Object emitter

RF-146 Limitation - Object Emitter in vertex or faces mode does not export the selection

User interface

RF-2170 Limitation - The option "Selection Highligthing" from the menu "View->Show" is not saved with the project.

RF-2169 Limitation - The options to hide/show the nodes of the scene from the menu "View->Show" are not saved with the project.

XML import/export

RF-333 Limitation - Initial State for objects cannot be reused when exporting scene as XML because it is embedded into the .FLW file.

RF-146 Limitation - Object Emitter in vertex or faces mode does not export the selection

Hybrido mesh integration

RF-2378 Limitation - Liquid-Hybrido secondary emitters and Liquid-Particles emitters are ignored for meshing when added to a HY_Mesh.

Fixed bugs

Alembic I/O

RF-2269 Bug - The UV information from multibodies are not stored in the alembic files.

RF-2000 Bug - Alembic extra channels are lost when stitching a sequence of files using the stitcher tool.

RF-1306 Bug - RF crashes while trying to save an alembic file and there's no space left

C++ API

RF-2009 Bug - It is not possible to set a channel value of type Vector2 from Python and C++.

RF-1710 Bug - EXPORT_HY_DOMAIN_VDB constant is missing in Python and C++ SDK.

C++ SDK

RF-2157 Bug - Plugin Daemons which contain parameters of node list type crash on XML import. (like CrowdFlow)

RF-1944 Bug - The SDK function "getParticleMeshesLegacy" doesn't return the right meshes, it returns the meshes of all types instead.

RF-1884 Bug - The SDK function "getChannelValue" doesn't work for channels of type "unsigned short".

Camera

RF-2020 Bug - EXPORT_CAMERA_ANIMATION_ABC is missing from Python.

Check for updates utility

RF-2244 Bug - "Check For Updates" option crashes RealFlow if there is a connection failure.

Command Line Version

RF-2348 Bug - When running a simulation with the lock mode activated the remaining and average time statistics are wrongly calculated.

RF-1728 Bug - Scenes can't be sent to Maxwell (Command Line) when the name contains whitespaces

Curve Editor

RF-2038 Bug - Curve editor crashes when clicking on Break/Unify/Flat key tangents.

DSpline daemon

RF-2040 Bug - When the end control points of a "DSpline" daemon are edited using the manipulation handle their position doesn't match the handle position, so it is impossible to place them properly.

File export

RF-2265 Bug - Old scenes do not show on Export Central sub-options that have been added to RealFlow later. For instance: Particle channels.

RF-2264 Bug - Emitter ID channel is missing for PRT files.

RF-2148 Bug - RealFlow crashes trying to open BIN splash particle files that were simulated as Liquid if the node is Dumb currently.

Filter daemon

RF-1862 Bug - Filters with multiple source emitters may not work if any of the emitters run out of particles.

FLW read/write

RF-1873 Bug - RealFlow may freeze loading a scene if it contains objects that have the name of RealFlow daemons and emitters (Like Circle, Container, Gravity, etc.) without the final number.

General

RF-2012 Bug - Changing the current frame does not set the workspace as dirty.

Graphs

RF-2319 Bug - Creating a graph node in Simulation Flow and clicking on simulate sends the node to the 0,0 position.

RF-2182 Bug - FieldVector3Create graph node does not clean the Cell Size and Extension inputs.

RF-2085 Bug - Some graphs crash when removing nodes after moving the graph from one stage to another of the Simulation Flow window.

RF-2036 Bug - The graph node "FieldForceAdd" ignores the "scale" input when the "node" is a standard emitter.

RF-2023 Bug - Graph nodes with free inputs of types "Matrix4", "Mesh" or "Condition" display an error during import or paste. The operation is still performed properly.

RF-2011 Bug - Evaluator, Add New Note and Add New Hub icons appear oversized.

RF-2010 Bug - ParticleSetChannel graph node does not work with Vector2 channel types. Like Hybrido Domain texture coordinates.

RF-1997 Bug - Node Name edition in Relationship Editor and graphs should start with the name selected.

RF-1982 Bug - SetTransformationFromComponents node does not work using the typical sizes convention.

RF-1949 Bug - The graph node "ArrayBitBuildByIndex" crashes RF if the input array of indexes contains some negative value.

RF-1948 Bug - The graph node "FieldDivergenceCreate" crashes RF if the input field doesn't exist.

RF-1947 Bug - The graph node "FieldNormalizedCreate" crashes RF if the input field doesn't exist.

RF-1946 Bug - The graph node "FieldGradientCreate" crashes RF if the input field doesn't exist.

RF-1945 Bug - 'Polygon size' parameter of FieldRealMesher is not necessary because it uses the cell size of the input field.

RF-1871 Bug - GetParticleById, GetHybridoParticleById and GetGraphParticleById graph nodes should not appear in the nodes list.

RF-1759 Bug - MeshClipByVolume graph node crashes when input mesh is empty.

RF-1739 Bug - RealFlow crashes or hangs when using the "DisplayParticles" graph node.

RF-1737 Bug - RealFlow crashes when the value of the input pin "points per face" for the graph node "FaceInterpolator" is larger than 1.

RF-1668 Bug - Concentrator node does not allow the renaming of its default pins.

Grid displacement

RF-2345 Bug - Displacement does not work when UV coordinates of texture are -0.0.

Grid mist

RF-2151 Bug - RealFlow crashes when we try to retime nodes of type "HY_Mist".

Grid splash

RF-2148 Bug - RealFlow crashes trying to open BIN splash particle files that were simulated as Liquid if the node is Dumb currently.

RF-1936 Bug - "Curvature threshold" parameter inside display tab of Hybrido Domain is not consistent with the one on the Hybrido Splash node.

Grid splash & Foam

RF-2239 Bug - Foam particles from the HY_Splash&Foam emitter are not moved to the surface when converted from splash to foam.

Help system

RF-1753 Bug - Pressing F1 over a MultiServo parameter displays the Foam panel help.

Hybrido

RF-2306 Bug - When the HY_Domain node is parented the projection plane is not transformed considering the parent transformation.

RF-1936 Bug - "Curvature threshold" parameter inside display tab of Hybrido Domain is not consistent with the one on the Hybrido Splash node.

RF-1764 Bug - The parameter "Mode" for the panel "UVs Mapping" in the node "HY_Domain" seems to be disconnected as particles have always a "Top projection" mapping applied.

Hybrido fluids

RF-1795 Bug - The message "The pressure solver didn't converge..." is shown even though the solver converged.

Hybrido mesh intergration

RF-2114 Bug - Mesh cache exported in Alembic (abc) format for Hybrido and Particles meshes is imported with a wrong scale if the scale option "Geometry scale" is different than 1.0.

RF-1763 Bug - The parameter "UVW Mapping" in the "Texture" panel for the node "HY_Mesh" seems to be disconnected as it has no effect at all in the displayed texture.

RF-1702 Bug - Hybrido Mesh crashes loading a BIN file that does not contain velocity information.

K speed daemon

RF-2175 Bug - K-daemons for Hybrido are not working properly, i.e. the killing volume is leaving a layer of particles outside of the volume.

K sphere daemon

RF-2175 Bug - K-daemons for Hybrido are not working properly, i.e. the killing volume is leaving a layer of particles outside of the volume.

K volume daemon

RF-2175 Bug - K-daemons for Hybrido are not working properly, i.e. the killing volume is leaving a layer of particles outside of the volume.

Layered vortex daemon

RF-1986 Bug - RealFlow crashes when the parameter "Num layers" in the "Layered Vortex" daemon is set to 0 value.

Maxwell Integration

RF-2324 Bug - Maxwell + tileable Realwave not updating correctly when material is changed

RF-2296 Bug - Maxwell render won't work properly if there is a Null node in viewport.

RF-2133 Bug - Maxwell material path is deleted if the user does not select a new material in the QFileDialog

RF-2071 Bug - Flag the scene as dirty when a change in a maxwell parameter occurs.

RF-1845 Bug - Maxwell: problem rendering-moving realwaves

RF-1844 Bug - Maxwell: two objects cannot be moved at the same time

RF-1785 Bug - Do not render FIRE when a render preview is working!

RF-1784 Bug - Change materials of multibodies with many bodies (~5000) doesn't work properly

RF-1783 Bug - RealFlow shows the message "resolution too low" for some Maxwell renders.

RF-1530 Bug - Changing material should not revoxelize the scene

RF-1208 Bug - Random crashes when doing Maxwell fire in several scenes and environments (Mac, Linux and Win) that can't be easily reproduced.

Movie Player window

RF-2332 Bug - RealFlow crashes when exporting video from Movie Player under Windows if the codec selection dialog is cancelled.

Node parameters window

RF-2167 Bug - Node Parameter name column cannot be resized, and sometimes the parameter name does not fit inside, making it impossible to know the complete name of the parameter.

Object emitter

RF-2042 Bug - RealFlow crashes when we undo the action of setting an object for the "Object" emitter.

Particle mesh (Renderkit) integration

RF-2114 Bug - Mesh cache exported in Alembic (abc) format for Hybrido and Particles meshes is imported with a wrong scale if the scale option "Geometry scale" is different than 1.0.

Particle-based fluids

RF-1937 Bug - Some instabilities of the SPH solver have been detected when the liquid is colliding with objects.

RF-1752 Bug - Simulations using standard emitters are not deterministic despite being just single threaded.

Particle-based gases

RF-1752 Bug - Simulations using standard emitters are not deterministic despite being just single threaded.

Preferences

RF-2172 Bug - RealFlow preferences are ignored on command line mode.

Python API

RF-2314 Bug - Python scene.remove_HY_Foam() function does not work.

RF-2020 Bug - EXPORT_CAMERA_ANIMATION_ABC is missing from Python.

RF-2009 Bug - It is not possible to set a channel value of type Vector2 from Python and C++.

RF-1950 Bug - HY_Particle.getChannelValue() does not work for Vector2 channel types (like texture coordinates).

RF-1710 Bug - EXPORT_HY_DOMAIN_VDB constant is missing in Python and C++ SDK.

Python Editing

RF-2225 Bug - Python script default font when preferences are missing is not monospaced.

Python SDK

RF-2223 Bug - GUIFormDialog addListField function crashes if the last parameter is out of the expected range.

RF-1944 Bug - The SDK function "getParticleMeshesLegacy" doesn't return the right meshes, it returns the meshes of all types instead.

RF-1884 Bug - The SDK function "getChannelValue" doesn't work for channels of type "unsigned short".

RF-1575 Bug - FIRST_PARTICLE_CHANNEL_VALID_ID constant, necessary for PB_Emiter. createParticlesChannel() function, is missing in Python SDK.

RealWave

RF-2333 Bug - The foam texture exported from the RealWave node is rotated 90 degrees counter clock wise.

Relationship Editor

RF-2155 Bug - RealFlow crashes when a node has been added to a group through scripting, and it has never been visible before.

RF-2011 Bug - Evaluator, Add New Note and Add New Hub icons appear oversized.

RF-1997 Bug - Node Name edition in Relationship Editor and graphs should start with the name selected.

RF-1677 Bug - Relationship editor view should be enabled for browsing during simulation.

RF-979 Bug - A multijoint shouldn't be added to a HUB.

Simulation Flow architecture

RF-1093 Bug - Graphs and Scripts created in the Simulation Flow panel remain in the scene even after being removed. (But they are not evaluated during simulation)

Simulation Flow window

RF-2319 Bug - Creating a graph node in Simulation Flow and clicking on simulate sends the node to the 0,0 position.

RF-2032 Bug - When more than one Simulation Flow scripts point to the same file, their source code is not update always.

Simulation Graph

RF-2303 Bug - MeshClipByVolume and MeshClipByDistanceField graph nodes don't remove the user per-vertex channels when the mesh is clipped.

Spline emitter

RF-2043 Bug - When the end control points of a "Spline" emitter are edited using the manipulation handle their position doesn't match the handle position, so it is impossible to place them properly.

User interface

RF-2366 Bug - We can't launch the simulation of the current scene using the "command line" when the current frame is the last frame. RealFlow just ignores the action.

RF-2245 Bug - Maximize button is missing from the modal windows that let the user edit scripts and graphs. (Except under OS X)

RF-2007 Bug - "Show Multijoints" Appears unchecked by default on Mac OS X. (Context menu in nodes list)

XML import/export

RF-2157 Bug - Plugin Daemons which contain parameters of node list type crash on XML import. (like CrowdFlow)

Known bugs

Alembic

RF-2327 Bug - extensions are not exported in alembic

RF-1886 Bug - ParticleLoad graph node does not load properly Alembic files that come from a standard emitter simulation.

RF-1749 Bug - "Degenerated faces" message appears with an alembic file

RF-1694 Bug - "Normal facing" value is not applied for an imported animation objects in Alembic format.

RF-1515 Bug - The light is changing for the Alembic object in the viewport when moving the timeline

RF-1177 Bug - UNDO is not working for alembic properly

RF-1175 Bug - Same object, imported as Alembic and SD, won't match their animation.

RF-1174 Bug - Alembic objects is changing the light when moving the timeline.

RF-1154 Bug - Parent to is not working with Alembic to scale globally from a Null

RF-1153 Bug - Alembic is not working properly when rotating in RealFlow and moving the timeline.

RF-1031 Bug - Alembic files are not imported in Maya

Alembic I/O

RF-1540 Bug - Once an alembic file has been loaded, its "file handle" is not freed.

RF-1538 Bug - Normals exported from RF in alembic are not correct

RF-1424 Bug - Moving a cloned multibody coming from an alembic file does not work properly

Animation curves

RF-2234 Bug - There is a gap between animated geometry and distance field if the geometry is animated in RealFlow.

RF-969 Bug - We can add keys for an imported SD even though the SD<>Curve is not enabled.

RF-455 Bug - Realflow doesn't work with negatives frames properly.

Arnold Integration

RF-2375 Bug - particle meshes don't have correct uv's

Batch script

RF-1688 Bug - Clicking on the right column of the script editor autocompletion popup does not open the help for that function.

Binary loader emitter

RF-866 Bug - Retimer should work with unsimulated binary loaders.

Built-in objects

RF-1905 Bug - Capsule object is not symmetrical

C++ SDK

RF-1574 Bug - The maxwell related SDK functions that are now available in Python are not available in C++.

RF-1141 Bug - Removing a standard emitter node during simulation (via scripting or graph) crashes RealFlow.

Camera

RF-1758 Bug - Modifying a camera view with the viewport should be undoable.

RF-1757 Bug - Modifying a camera view directly on the viewport does not set the scene as modified.

Caronte

RF-1159 Bug - Changing the normals to reversed for dynamics objects is working bad when selecting active or passive

RF-1061 Bug - Unlimited Force for joints doesn't mean unlimited force. Name should be changed.

RF-1060 Bug - Changing the values for Elasticity and Friction to 1.0 produces a slow simulation, but faster if we stop the simulation and resimulate.

RF-1058 Bug - Softbodies are exploding when the Plasticity adquired is 1. Simulation Quality for this scene is 70.

RF-996 Bug - Simulating by command line, the break condition is not working properly.

RF-995 Bug - Fracturing an object by geometry is generating an empty multibody. (see the scene attached)

RF-993 Bug - Characteristic distance is not properly updated when simulating by command line.

RF-984 Bug - Apply force factor fracture is not working properly cause the object is fully broken when simulating.

RF-977 Bug - Simulating by command line don't set the values for the Characteristic Distance properly.

RF-950 Bug - joints plasticity acquired rate param no used

RF-859 Bug - Editing target of servo after some simulation makes Reaction time and Overreaction delta values to fail

RF-858 Bug - All parameters of servos need recreation of servo after edition

RF-853 Bug - Imported animated objects to use them as softbodies, can't be set with an initial speed.

Caronte integration

RF-1112 Bug - Fracture tool voronoi uniform is using "extrussion effect" unexpectedly.

RF-954 Bug - Joints behaviour is lost when loading a simulation. Also, loading the simulation is too slow.

RF-953 Bug - Pannel values of axial vectors (like angular velocity) are wrongly interpreted when using right-handed axes systems.

RF-833 Bug - Dynamics objects, if they are cached, should be read the BDC information before re-writing the BDC file again

RF-638 Bug - Remove object from the Objects A, B or C lists of servos and joints when it stops being of the appropriated type

RF-377 Bug - Changes on scale scene with rigids have issues if not done on reset

RF-364 Bug - Conflict on 'Create Initial State' among .bdc and animation.sd

RF-359 Bug - Caronte simulations aren't deterministic unless RF gets reopen every time

Circle emitter

RF-913 Bug - V and H random is not working if an emitter is set as volume

Command Line Version

RF-2206 Bug - Simulating by command line is making the fluid explode when interacting with geometry.

RF-1428 Bug - Fill Object not working on command line

RF-1332 Bug - RealFlow is crashing when creating a folder and it can't be created.

Commands

RF-445 Bug - RF crashes at shutdown when the file for a command plugin is removed from the plugins folder and that command plugin was previously loaded into RF using the commands organizer, only happen when a scene is loaded before closing.

Curve Editor

RF-847 Bug - Expressions with references are not updated when the related parameter changes and is not animated.

Drag force daemon

RF-1984 Bug - Force Limit parameter for Drag Daemon is not working

DSpline daemon

RF-1422 Bug - XML export and import of animated DSpline and Spline Emitter control points is not possible.

Export Central

RF-1525 Bug - Disabling RFS from Export Central sends the FLW to the Job Manager instead of a script. There should be no checkbox.

Fibers emitter

RF-919 Bug - Fibers emitter should have a seed # to be deterministic.

File export

RF-2231 Bug - Animation.sd and bdc for imported geometry as Multibody or ABC multibody are not saved by command line.

RF-1791 Bug - Hybrido Domain does not recognize the $(IDOC) macro for exporting/importing data.

RF-1503 Bug - .obj export of capsule -> normals are all 0 or -nan (not a number)

RF-1070 Bug - RealFlow crashes in command line when there is no HDD space

Fill object emitter

RF-1428 Bug - Fill Object not working on command line

Fractures

RF-1189 Bug - Fracture by points is not working properly.

RF-1188 Bug - Fracture tool radial is not working properly.

RF-1047 Bug - The twist parameter should accept negative values [-1, 1]. Now it is only accepting positive values. Fractures by radial

RF-1046 Bug - External transition decay should be Internal transition decay for the Internal group inside fracture by radial parameters.

General

RF-2013 Bug - File Name Prefix, from File Name Options is missing from XML and graphs.

RF-1711 Bug - RF cannot be executed when installed in a folder with blanks

RF-1308 Bug - Command line simulation doesn't print an error when an object is missing

RF-1079 Bug - Email notification hangs RealFlow selected when running on GUI

RF-852 Bug - A daemon can be parent to with a RigidBody but not with a SoftBody.

RF-485 Bug - Objects with an Initial State created are reseted to initial state even they are Inactive

RF-474 Bug - BDC files are overwriting when simulating with the objects in cache mode

RF-460 Bug - Minimized windows don't update when the same viewport is reopened.

RF-458 Bug - Object name must be removed from Multjoints if the object is changed to dynamics NO.

Graphs

RF-2158 Bug - Simulation Flow Graphs should save the viewport geometry.

RF-2082 Bug - Graph nodes which write raw data to file crash if it is bigger than 4GB.

RF-1987 Bug - Field3D files generated during a Hybrido Domain simulation cannot be loaded with a FieldRealLoad graph node.

RF-1886 Bug - ParticleLoad graph node does not load properly Alembic files that come from a standard emitter simulation.

RF-1885 Bug - RealFlow crashes when the graph node "MeshDisplaceFromImage" is using an "uv" map where one of the components is 1.

RF-1772 Bug - Insert Pass through and CTRL + Z is crashing RealFlow.

RF-1771 Bug - Notes are duplicated when dragging a xml file from explorer to realflow

RF-1770 Bug - Notes can't be removed properly

RF-1761 Bug - MeshExtrude graph node does not create UVs for the extra triangles.

RF-1760 Bug - MeshClip nodes seem to corrupt the mesh UV values.

RF-1747 Bug - Clicking on Evaluate Node or Evaluate Pin instead of running a graph does not work properly if there are GetParticles nodes.

RF-1689 Bug - SetNodeParameter graph node should refresh the parameter list.

RF-1687 Bug - SetImageChannel node doesn't seem to work properly if the 'image channel' source has more than 1 channel.

RF-1675 Bug - There are still cases where graph notes are pasted twice.

RF-1670 Bug - Graphs Messages window does not show messages belonging to child compounds.

RF-1665 Bug - Most arithmetic operations with data of Color4 type return unexpected values for the alpha component.

RF-1661 Bug - Floor and Ceil math nodes should allow the passthrough of their inputs.

RF-1660 Bug - Graph Clear option does not remove notes.

RF-1656 Bug - Numeric pins with passthroughs don't clean properly their old stored data.

RF-1647 Bug - Graphs including the ConditionIf node might lead to an infinite loop when connecting something to it.

RF-1622 Bug - Ocean Statistical Spectrum "Vertical scale" out of sync

RF-1621 Bug - Ocean Statistical Spectrum "Time scale" out of sync

RF-1580 Bug - MeshTessellate graph node does not tessellate properly all channels. (e.g. per face UVs or Velocity)

RF-1579 Bug - Graph nodes that write to file should have some control over the buffersize.

RF-1576 Bug - ImageDrawCircle and ImageDrawQuad nodes are really slow when painting many elements with a small size if number of threads is bigger than 1.

RF-1245 Bug - Graph Notes alpha is reset to strange values when changing background colors

Grid Foam

RF-2292 Bug - Foam texture are not being exported

RF-2291 Bug - FTC files for foam are being exported with 1k.

RF-1740 Bug - Foam particles are behaving wrongly in some circumstances, it seems to be when the core fluid simulation is very thin.

Grid splash

RF-2285 Bug - Max particles for secondary splash emitter is not working

RF-2184 Bug - RealFlow crash when orbiting the viewport while using Splash-Hybrido

Grid splash & Foam

RF-1121 Bug - The exported sequence is not divided into two sequences, one for "_splash", "_wet" and the other "_foam."

Grid wet & Foam

RF-1121 Bug - The exported sequence is not divided into two sequences, one for "_splash", "_wet" and the other "_foam."

Hybrido

RF-2290 Bug - Displacement files for hybrido are not being exported when simulating.

RF-2289 Bug - Vorticity and velocity channels for Hybrido are exporting black images when simulating.

RF-2230 Bug - Particles are created outside of the container once it is set as volume outside.

RF-2206 Bug - Simulating by command line is making the fluid explode when interacting with geometry.

RF-1762 Bug - The parameter "Evaluation uvw mapping" in the "Ocean Statistical Spectrum" panel for the "HY_Domain" nodes is deprecated and should not be part of the panel anymore.

RF-1622 Bug - Ocean Statistical Spectrum "Vertical scale" out of sync

RF-1621 Bug - Ocean Statistical Spectrum "Time scale" out of sync

RF-1325 Bug - Bounded is not working for foam when generating by domain

RF-1322 Bug - Use cache for Displacement will make crash RealFlow

Hybrido fluids

RF-2205 Bug - Simulating by command line is making to dissapear the fluid when the container geometry is active.

RF-1373 Bug - Friction texture in the HyFLIP solver is not working when the volume mode of the object is "Shell".

Hybrido mesh algorithm

RF-2301 Bug - Simulating with extensions, in GUI, from a frame different of zero, RealFlow will crash

RF-1869 Bug - RealFlow crash when building the mesh in this scene with clipping objects (scene link attached)

RF-1655 Bug - Splash attenuation creates noise patterns

RF-1404 Bug - The attenuation of the displacement based on the splashity is not working well.

Hybrido mesh intergration

RF-2297 Bug - Interactive mesh is not working properly

RF-2173 Bug - Hybrido meshes are not exported properly to ABC when using use displacement

RF-1573 Bug - Use of Hybrido Mesh with SPH emitters doesn't work if the SPH emitters are in Cache mode and the -mesh flag is used

RF-1507 Bug - HY_Mesh node lacks a texture channel

IDOC

RF-1791 Bug - Hybrido Domain does not recognize the $(IDOC) macro for exporting/importing data.

Import objects

RF-1346 Bug - OBJ import uses LW axis setup

RF-1345 Bug - OBJ import doesn't rename objects imported more than once

RF-309 Bug - Flat planes imported as .SD from a 3D application have collision distance equal to zero

Job Manager

RF-1525 Bug - Disabling RFS from Export Central sends the FLW to the Job Manager instead of a script. There should be no checkbox.

K age daemon

RF-918 Bug - k Age daemon should accept float values for better precision.

K sphere daemon

RF-1909 Bug - Fit to Object doesn't allow to choose emitters as objects for some K daemons

K volume daemon

RF-1909 Bug - Fit to Object doesn't allow to choose emitters as objects for some K daemons

Maxwell Integration

RF-2189 Bug - Fix Maxwell Integration

RF-1998 Bug - use default material if path is invalid (coming from windows i.e.)

RF-1794 Bug - Maxwell window has nothing inside at the time of its creation.

RF-1789 Bug - Weird slow start of rendering

RF-1535 Bug - FIRE is slower with 20% quality than with 100%

RF-1095 Bug - Maxwell is not picking up the meshes that are displayed using the "DisplayMesh" simulation graph nodes.

RF-1019 Bug - Maxwell takes long time to update the view when there is just one viewport working on Windows.

Movie Player window

RF-2210 Bug - Movie Player crashes exporting video if some of the frames has a different size.

RF-2183 Bug - RealFlow is crashing if we cancel "save video" in the movie player.

RF-1722 Bug - Movie Player won't open files with padding lower than the number of frames.

RF-1089 Bug - RealFlow is crashing when cancelling to create a video from movie player.

Multibody

RF-1996 Bug - Updating a SD loaded as multibody hangs the machine

RF-524 Bug - SD scene update does not seem to work with Multibodies

Multijoint

RF-625 Bug - Create/Recreate button removes joints for all MJ nodes, to create the new joints for the actual Multijoint node.

MultiServos

RF-895 Bug - Name of some parameters in servos panel must be changed.

RF-679 Bug - Multiservo linear doesn't work properly with the Free Z parameter to Yes.

Node parameters window

RF-1689 Bug - SetNodeParameter graph node should refresh the parameter list.

Object manipulation in viewport

RF-2286 Bug - Particles as Spheres are represented in a wrong way in an orthographic view.

Ocean Force daemon

RF-2251 Bug - High values for "Weigth against wind" for OFF will crash RealFlow

OpengGL general visualization

RF-1666 Bug - OS X viewport font looks misaligned.

RF-1624 Bug - OpenGl camera problem

RF-1403 Bug - OpenGL images generated during playback (or simulation) are sometimes unsynchronized.

RF-1310 Bug - VBO active in ATI graphic cards changes the viewport background color

OpengGL glsl shaders

RF-1552 Bug - Spheres drawn with the shader (in hybrido obv) are deformed based on the window size.

Parameters manipulation

RF-1712 Bug - Whitespaces on node names can mess up with a lot of node parameters which relay on the blank space as the separator for multiple values.

Particle mesh (Renderkit) integration

RF-709 Bug - RK Mesher Clipping not working with RealWave nor Box

Particle mesh (Standard)

RF-876 Bug - UV in md meshes is not working properly

Particle-based fluids

RF-2238 Bug - Duplicating and moving a sph emitter in a frame different of zero, will keep some particles at original place

RF-680 Bug - Max particles in Splash emitter doesn't have any effect

RF-280 Bug - "Thin face test" is not working.

Python API

RF-2021 Bug - activeExportData and isExportDataActive functions are missing for some node types like waterline

RF-842 Bug - Object "getVelocity" function is giving wrong results.

Python Editing

RF-2305 Bug - Python Find dialog remains behind the script editor when it is modal.

RF-2304 Bug - Dragging a piece of Python code from a Script Editor to a shelf removes the code from the editor. It can be brought back with CTRL+Z

Python SDK

RF-2236 Bug - Calling scene.exportCurrentFrame() during simulation freezes RealFlow.

RF-1141 Bug - Removing a standard emitter node during simulation (via scripting or graph) crashes RealFlow.

RF-874 Bug - scene.stopSimulation() doesn't work if simulation is started from a Batch Script

RealWave

RF-1769 Bug - Realwave interaction with objects is wrong when chopinness is activated

RF-1622 Bug - Ocean Statistical Spectrum "Vertical scale" out of sync

RF-1621 Bug - Ocean Statistical Spectrum "Time scale" out of sync

RF-1443 Bug - Connecting from Object Splash to RealWave will make crash RealFlow.

RF-1344 Bug - RealWave custom wave collision testing is wrong.

RF-1080 Bug - Imported objects as Realwave "Custom", are not affected by other objects if the position and rotation for the RealWave is different to 0,0,0

RF-1016 Bug - RealWave Displacement texture dimensions parameter

RF-925 Bug - Objects are not affecting to the RW as custom object if the sd has orientation's transformation.

RF-855 Bug - Kvolume kills all particles for the realwave with the particle layer activated.

RF-452 Bug - RealWave waterline of objects is not correctly computed with choppy Statistical Spectrum waves.

RealWave Object splash

RF-1443 Bug - Connecting from Object Splash to RealWave will make crash RealFlow.

Relationship Editor

RF-2255 Bug - Relationship Editor groups self-connection threshold is too sensitive.

RF-2254 Bug - Relationship Editor group self connection cannot be selected and displays artifacts.

RF-2168 Bug - Multjoints shouldn't be linked with no nodes in the RelationShip Editor

RF-2159 Bug - Relationship Editor should save the viewport geometry.

RF-1077 Bug - Nested groups are not displayed properly in Relationship Editor.

RF-1076 Bug - When uncollapsing a Group in the Relationship Editor, the text label of its members appears in a wrong place, especially the first time.

RF-1056 Bug - A vertical black line appears over the top left corner of a group when expanded.

RF-1055 Bug - Artifacts are displayed around groups when moving them around the Relationship Editor.

RF-991 Bug - Hidding a group in the Relationship Editor and unhidding again, it will unhide the nodes inside the group too.

Retimer

RF-1211 Bug - Sometimes RealFlow crashes when clicking on the Input/Output section of the retimer if the scene animation.sd file export is enabled on Export Central.

RF-866 Bug - Retimer should work with unsimulated binary loaders.

RF-838 Bug - When only the scene animation.sd is being exported, the default settings of the retimer exclude them of the result.

SD read/write

RF-1888 Bug - Animation coming from a SD file and exported using Cinema4D is wrong.

RF-1868 Bug - RealFlow is not able to update the sd if we lost the network conection.

RF-1119 Bug - Multibodies doesn't update with Update SD option.

RF-1020 Bug - Polygons are bad displayed on geometry but not in Maxwell (see images and video attached)

RF-994 Bug - Exporting SD or animation.SD for an object, is overwritten even though it is in Cache mode.

RF-989 Bug - Animation SD and BDC are not read properly when a dynamic object is in Cache mode.

RF-959 Bug - Changing the topology for a SD from a 3D program and doing reset, the object dissapear in RealFlow.

RF-720 Bug - Including an object to collision with sph particles in the middle of the simulation changes its original position. There is not any Dynamic object.

Shelves

RF-2304 Bug - Dragging a piece of Python code from a Script Editor to a shelf removes the code from the editor. It can be brought back with CTRL+Z

Shelves Manager

RF-2022 Bug - Up and down keyboard arrows do not let you move along the content of the shelves/commands list in the Shelves Manager. (Mac OS X)

Simulation Flow architecture

RF-899 Bug - Particles created at the same frame (or last substep) cannot be removed from "Simulation Flow".

Simulation Flow window

RF-2158 Bug - Simulation Flow Graphs should save the viewport geometry.

RF-2034 Bug - Script files on Simulation Flow don't show any error when the file is missing.

Simulation Graph

RF-1145 Bug - Exploding a Compound might put the nodes inside mixed with the existing ones at the current level. At least those nodes should remain selected for their repositioning.

RF-1141 Bug - Removing a standard emitter node during simulation (via scripting or graph) crashes RealFlow.

Simulation pipeline

RF-2253 Bug - Reset to initial state is not working properly.

RF-2238 Bug - Duplicating and moving a sph emitter in a frame different of zero, will keep some particles at original place

Spline emitter

RF-1721 Bug - @CP rotation for DSSpline emitter is working bad when simulating.

RF-1422 Bug - XML export and import of animated DSpline and Spline Emitter control points is not possible.

User interface

RF-2237 Bug - Display Slice Plane for geometries is painting geometry subdivisions.

RF-2229 Bug - Viewport is doing something weird when manipulating the view.

RF-2035 Bug - Particles as spheres are painted in different sizes when displaying in perspective and front, side views.

RF-1332 Bug - RealFlow is crashing when creating a folder and it can't be created.

RF-981 Bug - Statistic Panel not showing Existent/Emitted info on HY-SPH elements

Video preview

RF-1082 Bug - Viewport behind previous window is updating when making a video preview.

XML import/export

RF-2187 Bug - Saving xml backups shows messages "Error trying to get parameter: xxx"

RF-1422 Bug - XML export and import of animated DSpline and Spline Emitter control points is not possible.

RF-1158 Bug - Importing a RealWave via XML on a scene that already has one doesn't work as expected when overwriting