Product Changelog

Added comprehensive support for V-Ray HDRI and IES light nodes, alongside menu loading fixes and installer refactoring.

• Added support for VRayHDRI (HDRIMapName attribute) and VRayIESLight (iesFile attribute) path resolution.
• Fixed About dialog box wrapping issues in Autodesk Maya's native confirmDialog layout.
• Implemented a 3-layer sweeping routine in initializePlugin to prevent duplicate VDB menu items across reloads.
• Refactored install_vdb.py to dynamically write auto-load hooks inside userSetup.py, ensuring persistent start-on-boot operation.

Major performance upgrade enabling parallel asset pre-downloads with a visual progress indicator.

• Added multi-threaded asset download mechanism using 16 worker threads on native engine instances.
• Integrated cmds.progressWindow with live cancel-handling to monitor parallel sync progress.
• Added user-configurable search folders for paths that live outside the standard project directory.
• Optimized SQLite index validation checks for 3D project directories on startup.

Initial launch of the Corvus Studio software platform website and documentation hub.

• Launched the Corvus Platform site featuring dark-first design grids and software support grids.
• Created the dynamic product landing page system powered by TypeScript config schemas.
• Initialized the public documentation portals for all future plugins.