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Rob Aitchison edited this page Dec 2, 2021 · 51 revisions

Welcome to the release notes for this Engine. Below you will find an overview of all the changes we did for each release. We try to be as detailed as possible and include all bugs we have fixed, features we have added and things that may have changed. If you have questions about a particular release, don't hesitate to contact our support team!

v2.1.2

Improvements

  • Added ability to launch the Import Options Dialog when using the ShotGrid Loader in VRED2022.1 and later
  • Replacing shotgunsoftware urls with Autodesk Knowledge Network and ShotGrid Developer Documentation pages.

v2.1.1

Fixed Bugs

  • [SHOT-3836] - Fixed an issue with VRED Design not bootstrapping.
  • [SHOT-3769] - Fixed issues related to the rebranding of Shotgun to ShotGrid.

Improvements

  • [SHOT-3759] - Added an extra digit to VRED releases shown in desktop.

v2.1.0

  • Renames Shotgun to ShotGrid.

v2.0.10

Fixed Bugs

  • [SHOT-3754] - Opening the shotgun panel for the second time crashes VRED.
  • [SHOT-3758] - SG Panel actions are missing.

v2.0.9

Fixed Bugs

  • [SHOT-3618] - VRED Shotgun menu still remains even if the engine failed to reload.
  • [SHOT-3673] - "Couldn't get reference node" error after first update with Scene Breakdown2 in VRED.

Improvements

  • [SHOT-3742] - VRED 2022 support for tk-vred engine.
  • [SHOT-3485] - Added action to "Create Smart Ref" from vpb file in VRED Load.
  • [SHOT-3608] - VRED presenter review workflow: have SG panel focused on version selected.
  • [SHOT-3662] - Added support for Smart Reference in VRED Scene Breakdown.
  • [SHOT-3663] - Aligned VRED Scene Breakdown with VRED Reference Editor behavior.
  • [SHOT-3665] - Added the "Create Smart Reference" option to SG Panel.
  • [SHOT-3666] - Added the "Import sceneplate" action to SG Panel.
  • [SHOT-3700] - Removed File Format in Version Name to reduce confusion.
  • [SHOT-3559] - Disabled the Close Button on Shotgun Panel.

v2.0.8

Fixed Bugs

  • [SHOT-3580] - VRED processes not dying after exiting when launched via Shotgun
  • [SHOT-3591] - VRED launchers not found by Shotgun Desktop on certain versions of Windows
  • [SHOT-3610] - VRED v2020.x versions not properly loading Shotgun engine

v2.0.7

Refactor of tk-vred engine structure, support for Qt & PySide2 v5.15 and addition of "Review with VRED" high quality review workflow.

Fixed Bugs

  • [SHOT-3423] - VRED Shotgun Panel & Python Console now has the "Shotgun" name in the tab title
  • [SHOT-3502] - Shotgun will now prompt the user to save when there are unsaved changes when opening or creating a new VRED file. Dependent on tk-multi-workfiles2 v0.12.4

Improvements

  • [SHOT-3345] - Show a warning that this version of VRED isn't fully tested with Shotgun
  • [SHOT-3543] - Shotgun now has a Toolkit Action for "Review in VRED" to review VRED scenes with VRED Presenter. Read the official documentation here
  • [SHOT-3542] - Support Launching VRED Presenter in tk-vred in startup.py
  • [SHOT-3445] - The VRED Plugin now shows information about the Shotgun integration
  • [SHOT-3508] - Support for PySide2 v5.15

v2.0.6

Improvement

  • [SHOT-3349] The Scene Breakdown will no longer remove VRED clones when updating published files

v2.0.5

Fixed Bugs

  • [SHOT-3340] Fixed having two Load items in the Shotgun menu for VRED
  • [SHOT-3351] Fixed the "reload engine and apps" function in VRED

Improvements

  • [SHOT-3297] Launch Shotgun Panel on Startup of Alias and VRED in Basic Config
  • [SHOT-2423] Dock the Shotgun Panel in VRED
  • [SHOT-3314] Small improvements to prevent VRED from crashing on closing

v2.0.4

Official Support for VRED 2021 and Python 3. Requires at least tk-multi-publish2 v2.5.0

Fixed Bugs

  • Added support for the existing VRED_SCRIPT_PLUGINS environment variable if it is set.
  • Fixed a bug when VRED is launched into a Task context via bootstrapping.

Improvement

  • Added launch_at_startup for tk-multi-workfiles2 in VRED.

v2.0.3

Improve Scene Breakdown behavior to respect the existing scene

Important Notes:

  • Adding LMV will require a new framework tk-framework-lmv.
  • Creating a 3D Version from VRED will now use the sg_uploaded_movie field. If you are using the legacy 3D - viewer you will need to modify the field name to continue using it.
  • Upgrading to this engine version will require tk-core version of at least 19.3.

Improvements

  • Add VRED Publish hook that creates a Version that can be 3D or 2D with a boolean flag.

Fixed Bugs

  • Respect VRED Grouping during Scene Breakdown update.
  • Remove recursive transformation in scene_operations.py during Scene Breakdown Update.

v2.0.2

Fixed Bugs

  • Be sure to create the render folder when setting up the render path and remove the render_path attribute.
  • "Import VRED scene" doesn't have the expected behavior.
  • Publish Menu in VRED is displayed as submenu.
  • Remove tk-framework-locking from engine dependencies.

Improvements

  • Clean hook to remove unused "Load" action.
  • Improve the way to set render path in VRED.
  • Improve publish workflow for VRED renders.
  • Clean the OSB publish plugin in VRED.
  • Add start_version_control publish plugin to VRED engine.
  • Examine all publish_plugins for VRED.
  • Remove LMV translation in vred publish process.
  • Move the collector logic from tk-config to tk-vred engine.
  • Remove old plugin which is not used anymore (replaced by vred_publish_file_osb.py).
  • Get the render path in a more cleaner way and move the template logic to the method which set the render path.
  • Clean hook to remove unused actions in tk-multi-loader2 app.
  • Add new hook to deal with VRED actions in Shotgun Panel.

v2.0.1

Fixed bugs

  • Fixed a bug with the plugin in 2020.2. VRED was crashing in the launch step because the engine was starting before the bootstrap process had completed.

  • Fixed a bug with Shotgun menu. It was not loading when VRED language was switched to Japanese/Chinese.

v2.0.0

Whats New:

Overall cleanup of the engine code to maintain toolkit standards and make public.

Feature/Polish:

  • Make tk-framework-locking an optional dependency
  • Removed the about app and created software_credits files in each app/engine/framework repo
  • Change hooks from tk-multi-breakdown, tk-multi-loader2, tk-multi-snapshot, tk-multi-workfiles2 and tk-multi-shotgunpanel to match existing Shotgun tk-default-config2 hook structure
  • Remove unnecessary code in hooks
  • Add custom exception for errors
  • Move common operations from engine to tk_vred/operations.py
  • Implemented dynamic Shotgun menu loading
  • Improved popup notification when loading in multiple files from the Loader
  • Removed vred_bootstrap.py and migrated all requirements (ex. SHOTGUN_ENABLE, VRED_SCRIPT_PLUGINS) to startup.py script
  • Remove the unnecessary pyside folder from resources
  • Replace tank command with the newer sgtk command
  • Move icons to an official icons folder
  • Replace product token with code_name token
  • Add sg_uploaded_movie for each Version from Publisher via VRED
  • Remove hard coded path for VRED to access LMV translator

Fixed Bugs:

Fixed a bug where if you created a scene from a CustomEntity, the Shotgun components would not load correctly.

v1.0.1

First release of VRED engine.

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