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Steam News17 February 20264mo ago

Blender 4.2.18 LTS Maintenance Release !

Blender 4.2.18 LTS features important bug fixes. It is released on the v4.2 - Stable - LTS branch. You can switch to this by right-clicking on the Blender entry in your library, select Properties....

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changedPatch NotesPyAPI: Potential loss of image due to unclear behaviour of `Image.pack()`. ( #152638 ) * Very intermittent 'Writing to ID classes in this context is not allowed' when updating any property after rendering. ( #114455 ) * Fix: UI: Instanced panels are drawn in incorrect tab. ( ef52ac91b13 ) * Bind Camera to Marker operator does not update all windows. ( #152250 )

Blender changes

changedPyAPI: Potential loss of image due to unclear behaviour of `Image.pack()`. ( #152638 ) * Very intermittent 'Writing to ID classes in this context is not allowed' when updating any property after rendering. ( #114455 ) * Fix: UI: Instanced panels are drawn in incorrect tab. ( ef52ac91b13 ) * Bind Camera to Marker operator does not update all windows. ( #152250 )

Blender 4.2.18 LTS features important bug fixes. It is released on the v4.2 - Stable - LTS branch.

You can switch to this by right-clicking on the Blender entry in your library, select Properties.... Open the Betas tab and select v4.2 - Stable - LTS.

Patch Notes

  • * PyAPI: Potential loss of image due to unclear behaviour of `Image.pack()`. (#152638) * Very intermittent 'Writing to ID classes in this context is not allowed' when updating any property after rendering. (#114455) * Fix: UI: Instanced panels are drawn in incorrect tab. (ef52ac91b13) * Bind Camera to Marker operator does not update all windows. (#152250)

For a detailed list of bug fixes in each release, see 4.2 LTS releases on blender.org

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