+ New: Guides from Shape Object which allows multiple animated shapes to be used as guides
+ New: Push Away from Surface modifier
+ New: Added pen pressure multiplier to brushes
+ New: Ability to toggle shape and directional changes by Surface Comb Modifier
+ New: Sinks detaching/reattaching in SurfaceCombModifier to allow changing surface topology
+ New: Added "viewport preview only" option to hair clustering modifier
+ New: Option to detach roots in Guides from Mesh modifier to allow changing surface topology
+ New: Added tooltips to all hair clustering modifier parameters to clarify their function
* Fixed: Clustering followed by strand frizz on a deforming mesh causes popping
* Fixed: Length modifier applies to strands with group 0 in all cases
* Fixed: Cloning object with SurfaceCombModifier does not preserve sinks
* Fixed: Texture coordinates not passed to V-Ray when using Hair from Mesh Strips
* Fixed: Clustering takes too much time for many strands due to Max array storage
* Fixed: Use guide distance and guide distance options in HFG don't do anything
* Fixed: Collapse All for a large hair stack sometimes crashes Max
* Fixed: SDK zip file is missing required headers
- Removed: Unused sub-object levels in hair clustering modifier

Marsel Khadiyev (Software Developer, EPHERE Inc.)