New: External guides or curves can be used as a clumping method in the Clump Node
New: Vector map and color channel can be used as object-space directions in Surface Comb
New: Plant Guides tool is now a proper Maya tool and uses Tools settings Window.
New: Automatically convert group strand channels into groups storage from V1 to V2
Fixed: Crash when applying Hair from Guides node to guides with varying point count
Fixed: Hairs created with Multiplier operator cannot be grounded properly
Fixed: Guides stretch after each brush stroke when used on top of Multiplier
Fixed: Guides go back to their original position after each brush stroke when used with Multiplier
Fixed: Hair artifacts when using Propagation operator. Hairs are now only generated from primary "stem" guides, not from propagated guides.
Fixed: Plant Guides settings reset each time EditStrands mode is activated.
Fixed: Typo in the "About" window
Fixed: Cleanup in GuidesFromMeshNode
Fixed: Unable to edit the hair after first render with Arnold
Fixed: Crash when changing hair settings while running Arnold IPR
Fixed: Color Sets not working correctly in GuidesFromMeshNode, MeshFromGuidesNode, ClumpNode, LengthNode, SurfaceCombNode, MultiplierNode, MeshFromStrandsNode, and not working correctly in DetailNode, GravityNode, and NormalizeStrandsNode

Marsel Khadiyev (Software Developer, EPHERE Inc.)