New: Added a graphic indication to Plant Guides Tool of where the guide is going to be placed
New: Multiplier operator supports generating strand groups
New: OxEditGuides command can be called from pymel directly without a string
New: Added "-help" flag to OxEditGuides command
New: Added an option to choose a curve point number in Plant Guides Tool windows property
New: Shape attributes are restored to 1 when deactivating Mesh From Strands (aids in preserving Arnold render properties)
Fixed: Maya crashes when deactivating HFG
Fixed: VRayOxHairPrimitive crash with some configurations
Fixed: Broken guides after reloading a scene with Nucleus Simulation
Fixed: Unable to remove objects from the Force Fields list in Moov node
Fixed: MtoA and Ornatrix 2.x crash
Fixed: Maya crashes when loading Ox plugin on Linux
Fixed: Match mouse cursor offset when control points in EG are moved
Fixed: Planting a new guide with adopt shape option with EG crashes Maya when there are 0 guides
Fixed: Edit Guides resetting shape when deselecting and re-selecting all strands using a Select brush
Fixed: Ignore Backfacing option not working with Surface brushes
Fixed: Select brush can work in surface mode
Fixed: Ignore Backfacing Strands option not working in Edit Guides strand or control point selection
Fixed: Maya Field/Solvers don't affect Moov
Fixed: Selection is not preserved in EditGuides when loading V1 scenes
Fixed: Incorrect shape sub-selection in EditGuidesShape
Fixed: Proxy mesh distorted when its local coordinates go into negative Z values
Fixed: Popping of animated strands with high point count and stacked Frizz modifiers
Fixed: Duplicated strand IDs with multiple levels of propagation
Fixed: Crash when changing hair settings while running Arnold IPR

Marsel Khadiyev (Software Developer, EPHERE Inc.)