Sidefx - Houdini 20.5.278 __hot__

SideFX Houdini 20.5.278: A Deep Dive into the Latest Production-Ready Build

As the initial release, build .278 has several documented limitations and bugs that were addressed in subsequent daily builds.

Solaris & Karma

: Introduced the Quick Surface Material node for faster shader creation and added Adaptive Sampling to Karma XPU for improved rendering speed. Known Issues & Performance Notes for Build 20.5.278 SideFX Houdini 20.5.278

Houdini 20.5.278 is a "dot-zero point five" winner.

It doesn't add flashy new nodes, but it fixes the annoyances from the initial 20.5 launch. If you are on 20.5.200 or earlier, upgrade immediately for the Karma XPU memory fixes alone. If you are on 19.5, this is a stable jumping-in point for USD and APEX. SideFX Houdini 20