Version 1.23.2 (soon)

[fixed] wrong linked Albedo file input in Redshift auto. PBR material
[fixed] several of MINOR/MAJOR issues
[fixed] Network background picture EventCall function
[fixed] main library per USER -> $JOB initialization
[fixed] APE and related crashes while parsing
[fixed] write certain setting changes to Preferences.json
[changed] Obstacle picker prompt for Object Placer
[changed] several UI components/elements
[changed] for Texture/Picture .exr/.tga handling, switch from OpenCV to OpenImageIO (thumbnails, viewer)
[added] HDRI apply to Octane 2026 RenderTargets & new OctaneRenderSetup
[added] hide Tabs/Contexts you don’t need & switch between vertical/horizontal tabs under “Preferences” -> “Tabs”
[added] shuffle color button for Additional Libraries items (settled colors)
[added] additional Library FAB asset (Megascans) parsing (for .fbx/.usdz Assets loaded via Epic Store App incl. 3d-models and texture-sets). Docs:
[added] Right-Click on material vops > “Add PBR OGL-Tags” at MAT/VOP context
[added] Multi-Tab views to all contexts, more UI space for all tables
[added] “Fit” button to the Picture/Texture Viewer for scaling the picture/texture to the canvas
[added] Right-Click on asset item > “Delete/Reset Metadata” for all contexts
[added] support for H22 and Python 3.13 (it loads, but there are issues with responsiveness of some Qt-components which i cant fix to date and could be something in Houdini 22’s Qt/rendering stack)