New: Generate Strand Data operator
New: Ability to pick per-vertex guide channels to drive attributes
New: Interpolate Length feature in Hair from Guides operator
New: "Interpolation Weight" controlled by guide data channel in Hair from Guides operator
New: Separate Viewport and Render counts in the Multiplier node
New: Added strand groups support for Detail node
New: Informative warning message printed when trying to delete guides with keyboard instead of using delete button
New: Surface Comb sinks are exported to grooms
Fixed: Group per Strip inside HairFromMeshStrips is not working correctly
Fixed: Script editor gets flooded with warnings if the last channel is deleted
Fixed: Exploding hair when using Remember Roots in GuidesFromMesh
Fixed: Texture maps in Render Settings - Radius Multiplier not working in rendering
Fixed: Detail node below Gravity node make the hair disappear.
Fixed: Artifacts in the hair when using the Detail node.
Fixed: Crashing with Redshift and Renderman (regression from last version)
Fixed: Some texturing issues in Arnold 5
Fixed: Propagation operator has no effect when used on top of Hair from Mesh Strips
Fixed: Transforms get corrupted with multiple propagation levels
Fixed: Crash when re-grounding guides generated from Hair from Mesh Strips

Marsel Khadiyev (Software Developer, EPHERE Inc.)