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Blender 3.6.1 LTS Maintenance Release !

Blender 3.6.1 LTS features many bug fixes. It is released on the v3.6 - 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 v3.6 - Stable - LTS.

Patch Notes

    * Operator bpy.ops.uv.pack_islands call leads to Blender crash. (#108171) * Append: in `localize All` case, LibOverrides does not behave properly and will leave Main data in invalid state. (#109004) * Frame change handler no longer entered when playback stops. (#109218) * Fix (studio-reported) crash when using 'Clear' on a liboverride hierarchy in the Outliner. (6adfd2ae393) * Fix property tags dummy enum value holding a reference to stack memory. (45bf61f131e) * Fix dropping files onto the window under Wayland in some cases. (f825a346fcf) * Enum properties don't display text in Dope Sheet sliders. (#109198) * Baking in multi-Tiles textures (Udim) from MultiRes only use the height of the last tile as reference. (#109302) * Orbit Around Selection in Edit Mode is not working after 3.6.0 update. (#109519) * How to add credit to non-committers authors. (#109438) * Regression: Vertex Weight Mix crash on apply/undo when mesh has shape keys. (#109523) * Regression: Wireframe overlay on mesh Merge by Distance omits some edges. (#109577) * NLA editor tracks checkbox overlapping names when left side panel is too small. (#109455) * Regression: Outliner: Assert in outliner_collect_objects_to_delete. (#109590) * Fix (unreported) missing viewlayer sync call in Outliner liboverride tool. (9f6a4d0c065) * Fix toggling of liboverrides between editable and non-edtiable with "Make" tool in the Outliner. (7880ae7c787) * Regression: Cycles: Optix not able to render without cuda toolkit. (#109550) * Blender 3.6 > .dds image /texture issue. (#109442) * Error when collection visibility property is used in driver expression (fixed in main, backport request). (#109570) * Mesh.polygon_normals[0].value reports incorrect normal. (#109745) * Regression: Edge Crease behaves differently between Complex and Simple Solidify. (#109691) * Fix (unreported) potential crash in 'make override' Outliner tool. (8bbd05e76f) * LibOverride: Add debug util to print out liboverride data. (34965bfcca) * LibOverride: Expose 'match reference' status flag in RNA API. (737c941eca) * LibOverride: Fix potential minor issues in RNA liboverride handling code. (1b76b95886) * Node Wrangler: No matching images found. (#104573) * FBX: Materials missing from linked duplicates. (#104737) * Import_3ds: Fixed target calculation. (8e348cb5) * Blender HIP library `libamdhip64.so` loading issue in linux. (#109562) * Fix use-after free while transforming sequence strips. (fa2a28e96d0) * Fix sequencer image cache holding references to freed keys. (59ab70b594f) * Cycles: Embree: Resolve padding-related issue during buffer creations. (ab457ae62e3) * Cycles: Fix Out-Of-Bounds issues during Embree BVH building. (a81dccceaf9) * Applying a Bevel modifer on a object with UVs pins the uv islands. (#109471) * Weird rendering of points with velocity attribute. (#103918) * Regression: Blender creates unexpected selection areas when using Select Box or Select Lasso which can lead to crashes. (#109532) * Fix memory leak when there are unexpectedly more than MAXSEQ strips. (8142195f290) * Fix invalid address-of operator (hidden by a cast). (aef44c2d503) * Using python to add a driver to rigid body properties causes a crash. (#109887) * UI: Grey out ShapeKey list entry on mute. (be09111784d) * Unknown engine warning only shown when loading from a popup. (#109952) * Unable to start Blender 3.5 on MacOS 10.15. (#106905) * Viewport glitches when using Metal backend. (#109389) * Incorrect behavior when moving/linking objects to non-overridden linked collection. (#109898) * Geometry Nodes: Simulation crash. (#109885) * Faces use retopology overlay color even when retopology overlay is disabled. (#109662) * Overlay: Edit Mesh wireframe incorrect bias. (#109040) * Crash when calculating rigid body mass. (#109928) * Regression: Average Brush in Vertex Paint Mode is broken. (#109822) * Can't delete scene using context menu in "Blender File" view in outliner. (#109802) * LibOverride: Fix diffing code not always cleaning unused operations. (3d2bae8a5daae92) * Regression: Cycles render crash using F12 render after running script that uses bpy.ops.render. (#109718) * Keyframes on values of linked data. (#109781) * Snapping no longer works behind faces/objects in wireframe/x-ray mode. (#109433) * Regression: Array modifier change a merged Root vertex of Skin modifier. (#109565) * vertex slide is broken when using shortcut double GG with face projection snap. (#109633) * new gaussian smooth creates jagged keys. (#109799) * Cycles HIP RT glass BSDF artifacts. (#109418) * Regression: Geometry Nodes: Edge Split node crash. (#110005)

For a detailed list of bug fixes in each release, see 3.6 LTS releases on blender.org

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