Maya 2020 Fixed Issues

This page lists issues fixed in the Maya 2020 release. Note that this release also includes fixes delivered in the Maya 2019.1 and Maya 2019.2 updates.

Animation
Time Editor : Crash when running playblast after scaling audio clip MAYA-99251
Caching : Animation is incorrect when keying with autokey and layers MAYA-98957
Hang when keying HIK Attributes MAYA-99113
Parallel Evaluation : Crash on playback when controllers have prepopulate attribute set to True MAYA-99057
Parallel Evaluation : Visibility Evaluator : geometryChanged and matrixChanged messages are ignored without recording dirty info MAYA-98972
Parallel Evaluation : Calling createNode between getAttr's returns incorrect value for worldInverseMatrix MAYA-98908
Graph Editor : Maya graph editor populates with infinite hierarchy MAYA-97600
Cannot type in values for IK handle in channel box or attribute editor MAYA-97262
GPU Override : hasAttributeBeenModified evaluates incorrectly MAYA-99794
Deformers: Playback Toggle missing from Hotkey Editor MAYA-98215
Joint orientations not evaluating properly MAYA-96615
Playback frame rate is slower than real-time if no other application than Maya is running MAYA-96559
NURBs evaluation crash with scenes containing animated surface modifiers MAYA-97479
Crash when baking key animation MAYA-96891
Incorrect initialization of complex attribute structure causes crash on file open MAYA-96541
Caching : Animation is incorrect when keying with autokey MAYA-95660
Crash creating proxy attributes MAYA-95587
Joint rotation limits not saved with scene MAYA-95195
Deformed object doesn't update after visibility change MAYA-95241
Motion trail with anchor transform ignores object animation MAYA-95077
Deformers : Nonlinear deformer name flag is not working in Python and MEL MAYA-94740
Parallel Evaluation : Translation does not save with frame change MAYA-98386
Modifying deformer set confuses the connections MAYA-95404
Parallel Evaluation : Maya crashes when rendering frame 1 but not frame 20 MAYA-96294
Camera manipulation broken for cameras parented under a rotated hierarchy MAYA-85233
Inconsistent display of active animation layer for proxy attributes MAYA-93366
IkHandle solver: Menu keeps first selected object MAYA-100897
GraphEditor : Height of Scale Keys Tool manipulator is incorrect in Normalized view MAYA-98311
Allow unsafe Joint attributes like RotatePivot in opt-out manner MAYA-100305
Joint rotate pivot does not move MAYA-97218
Graph Editor : Euler filter is not processing sibling curves correctly MAYA-96845
Graph Editor : Keyframe stats don't refresh when navigating keys with arrows MAYA-97481
Locked translation attributes on custom transform node can be translated MAYA-100793
Cannot paint on parallelBlender blend shapes MAYA-91571
Audio : Waveform not adjusted properly on timeline when resizing Maya MAYA-88977
Graph Editor : Animation layers do not display proxy attributes correctly MAYA-91515
Querying the anim curve for proxy attribute does not match that of the primary attribute MAYA-93334
Graph Editor : Audio scrubbing does not snap to frame MAYA-81051
Crash saving a file that has an HIK XML file using id 0 MAYA-97026
Crash deleting nodes from a simple rig MAYA-95479
Caching : Open Subdiv Smooth Mesh Slow To Cache And GPU Memory Intensive MAYA-92144
Caching : Crash changing Smooth Mesh Preview to Maya Catmull-Clark MAYA-86352
Graph Editor: All views get updated when scrubbing in the Graph Editor, regardless of preferences MAYA-96088
Graph Editor: Moving Keys by typing values into stats field does not work on some keys MAYA-92840
Time Editor : Audio clip path does not support project relative paths MAYA-100776
Graph Editor : Bake Channel option 'Sparse Curve Bake' modifies infinity range fCurve data when it should not MAYA-100631
Graph Editor : Locking / unlocking curves not working well with Synchronized Euler MAYA-97724
Graph Editor : Locked channel allows for tangent selection and modification MAYA-39419
Parallel Evaluation : Wrong worldMatrix value calculated MAYA-98183
Graph Editor : Muting a channel creates keys with a value of 1 MAYA-95438
Graph Editor : Setting guide lines to non-integer value is not working MAYA-84083
Graph Editor : Infinity curves are not displayed for set driven key MAYA-95765
Graph Editor : Missing API events when inserting keys MAYA-72095
Graph Editor : Region Keys Tool now works regardless of the "only scale selected keys" option MAYA-92876
Graph Editor : UI is empty after switching to another editor MAYA-98013
Graph Editor : After executing "Step tangents", moving handle invalidates "Step tangents" MAYA-90701
Graph Editor : Creating animLayers with a lot of curves slows down Maya MAYA-85313
Graph Editor : Grid : Automatic value lines are not as precise as in 2016 version MAYA-84821
Graph Editor : Doesn't normalize correctly when curves have a single key MAYA-85861
Graph Editor : Retime tool cannot undo and leads to a crash MAYA-92280
Graph Editor : Retime tool is broken with synchronized Euler keys MAYA-92274
Graph Editor : Marquee select doesn't work properly when LMB-click near the curve in Modern GE MAYA-90686
Graph Editor : Pickwalk doesn't work correctly on isolated curve MAYA-84299
Graph Editor : Missing keyframe after saving scene MAYA-98113
Graph Editor : Height of Region Tool manipulator is incorrect in Normalized view MAYA-83947
Graph Editor : Buffer curve is not displayed when switching to stacked or normalized views MAYA-88257
Time Editor : Match Relocators do not recognize objects with the same name MAYA-100026
Attribute Editor : Error editing audio sequencer's source end MAYA-100818
Graph Editor : All curves reappear when deleting a key on isolated curve MAYA-97899
Graph Editor : Keys are not normalized after setting a second key MAYA-98596
HIK : Scene crashes due to HIK claiming un-supported nodes MAYA-98873
Parallel Evaluation : Crash when changing frame in timeline MAYA-97782
Caching : VP modes : Crash on playback when displaying polygon tangents MAYA-97541
Slow to select objects with Attribute Editor open on Linux MAYA-96404
VP2 : NURBS geometry crash with vertex color plug-in MAYA-95383
Caching : Character pops to incorrect position while manipulating controller MAYA-95227
Deltamush : Causing zig-zag line flow MAYA-100816
Parallel Evaluation : Muting shots takes longer than in DG mode MAYA-96860
Parallel Evaluation : GPU Override : GPU evaluation leaves blend shape nodes in an invalid state, leading to incorrect evaluation MAYA-96291
Graph Editor : Distorted with maximized pane MAYA-91986
Graph Editor : Animation curve of blendShape target does not show when in an animation layer MAYA-96627
Keying NURBS with visibility connections freezes application MAYA-97740
Caching : Releasing memory is slow on Windows with OpenSubdiv MAYA-94535
Crash selecting UV components in the UV Editor (while it is open on top of the Graph Editor) MAYA-95726
Caching : Frame skipping should not be prevented when not filling in the foreground MAYA-98562
Graph Editor : Refresh problem when selecting multiple objects across animation layers MAYA-84124
Performance : Lag on first frame of playback after graph rebuild MAYA-95860
Caching : VP modes : Mesh becomes incorrect when selecting controller MAYA-95220
Caching : Crash when typing Arabic text in Type node MAYA-97058
Caching : Attribute change prevents correct update of animation MAYA-98145
Parallel Evaluation : Correctness issue with deferred reference MAYA-98112
Multiple animation layers cause performance drop MAYA-98347
Rotate connections break when importing FBX with "Update Animation" option in Japanese UI MAYA-97438
Time Editor : Ability to include common parent transform when creating a clip MAYA-99537
Load error due to skinClusters that are not using blend weight skinning MAYA-99919
Deleting a node that is constrained to a locked node, hangs Maya MAYA-99384
GPU Override : Crash when leaving the Paint Skin Weights Tool MAYA-97718
Parallel Evaluation : Mesh becomes distorted when scaled MAYA-97880
Invisibility Evaluator : State does not always update MAYA-97606
Dope Sheet : Lag when selecting BaseAnimationLayer MAYA-98438
Proxy attributes lost on save to Maya ASCII MAYA-98837
Parallel Evaluation : Initial playback sluggish due to rebuild MAYA-96244
Caching : Euler filter is not working correctly with caching enabled MAYA-96826
Caching : Rebuilding cache in background is very slow with smooth mesh preview (and takes a lot of memory) MAYA-91704
Caching : VP modes : Cache rebuilds with each playback on some scenes MAYA-97542
Using weightBlended skinning zeros all normals on mesh MAYA-96302
Missing dependency propagation during graph construction causes crash during playback or scrubbing MAYA-96677
Parallel Evaluation : Turning on "Heat Map Display" corrupts Hypergraph state. MAYA-96251
Parent constraints not working properly on animation layers MAYA-96250
Graph Editor : Hang animating cameras MAYA-96211
Crash when selecting IK Control MAYA-96193
DG : Incorrect Squash and Stretch behavior MAYA-97037
Interactive Bind Skin Tool: Unable to shrink, move, or rotate the capsule MAYA-96276
Caching : Releasing memory is slow with cached scene on Windows MAYA-95831
Cannot transform multiple selected controls connected to a character set MAYA-97012
Potential memory leak due to missing destructHandle() after calling MPlug.asMDataHandle() MAYA-97197
Crash during playback when Sculpting Tools are active across multiple blendshapes MAYA-99433
Expanding shapes in the Relationship Editor freezes Maya MAYA-95520
Image plane performance is slow on Mac OS X MAYA-93752
Performance loss due to MPxGeometryOverride plugin updateRenderItems being called every frame MAYA-96315
Viewport selection is slow on MacOS with GPU Override enabled MAYA-94578
Caching : VP modes : Rebuild changing current time MAYA-99330
Foundation
MFnDagNode.duplicate() creates nodes with the same fullPathName MAYA-94213
Percentage (%) is not respected in channel box when using on default working units MAYA-95147
Crash when removing a file reference followed by a Save MAYA-98958
Reading a file disables all low level DG warnings/errors from being printed MAYA-101036
FBX : The values in "Post-Rotation/Pre-Rotation" in Motionbuilder does not carry correctly to Maya (via fbx) when the world is set to Z up MAYA-99389
Some python commands no longer auto-convert its parameters to strings MAYA-97129
FbxMayaExport : Rotate axis values are not preserved in some cases MAYA-97934
Creating a set for the second time duplicates the first set in the Outliner MAYA-96910
Crash on MFnMesh calls when mesh is empty MAYA-94026
MPxToolCommand::doFinalize prints an extra semicolon when MArgList is empty MAYA-92901
Missing sets in the outliner when creating more than 10 sets (or more than 2 quick select sets) MAYA-96905
PySide : QFileSystemModel.index cannot be called MAYA-87157
Crash when calling exit() in mayapy without standalone.uninitialize() MAYA-97847
Importing .ABC files with extra attributes added can lead to a crash MAYA-97357
Maya is unable to Close (Ctrl+Q or File->Exit) after opening a dialog in Custom Context MAYA-91969
Blend Shape targets are removed when importing through FBX MAYA-97524
Referencing : Renaming reference node's namespace breaks reference edits MAYA-75968
"File Save As" does not save to the correct location MAYA-95403
Crash when importing Maya scene with several node connections MAYA-92288
Shiboken bindings change depending on the OS version MAYA-96437
Dictionary attributes are stored differently in Maya 2019 versus Maya 2018 which can break various TD scripts MAYA-97796
Entering a backslash in the plugin manager search window causes it to become blank MAYA-91151
Entering a certain file paths into the Open dialog can crash Maya MAYA-95564
Renaming elements are creating big numbers in the name extension MAYA-97595
Callback added by MSceneMessage for kBeforeSave event is not called if the file is read-only MAYA-93934
Hotkey for the Graph Editor lattice is mapped to the option box MAYA-100184
Incorrect results when re-parenting transforms within each other MAYA-99388
Maya does not remember saved Reference load states correctly after a Selective Preload MAYA-94246
Using 'add to selection' through script runs VERY slowly MAYA-98726
MAYA_OVERRIDE_UI Environment Variable does not work in Maya 2019 MAYA-98719
OAST : libxml2 through 2.9.8 when parsing an invalid XPath expression MAYA-97574
fbxImport : -importTimeRange "override" option is not overriding the timeline MAYA-97110
Creating node from PyMel fails after first instance MAYA-96462
Using Python threads inside a PySide application causes memory corruption and random crashes (Python garbage-collector-run can be triggered by the Python interpreter on any Python thread at any point in time) MAYA-95890
Error when exporting unloaded reference node (Error: line 0: Translator could not be used in this file access mode) MAYA-94972
MDGModifier deleteNode deletes a node before doIt is called MAYA-95755
Incorrect Module path set with autoLoader.mll plugins MAYA-95682
Mac : devkit buildconfig file is using the wrong Mac SDK versioned path MAYA-97002
A newly created Character Set does not appear in the Outliner MAYA-96990
Custom nodes (such as a MASH waiter node) do not show in Outliner unless searched MAYA-93292
Object selection (with a large DAG graph) can be slow if the Channel Box and Attribute Editor are open MAYA-95035
Legacy FX
HairSystem node clumpWidthScale graph and others only support 50 knots MAYA-96051
Modeling
Preselect highlight: Hovering the mouse over top of various components, like shells, in UV Editor crashes Maya MAYA-100694
Selecting over 100 objects with the UV Editor results in error message "MpolyTexturePlacementPanel1UVSetTooManyObjects" MAYA-90777
Maya crashes when selecting UVs with displaySmoothness MAYA-98288
Creating a second Set, after renaming the first Set, creates a duplicate of the first Set MAYA-96718
Mirror Offset does not work MAYA-96500
If a mesh includes custom shape nodes, the Multi-cut Tool will fail MAYA-94698
The results of using "invertSelection" in component mode are different MAYA-93701
Detaching faces corrupts Creases when Inserting Edge Loops MAYA-93473
ATF: wire file imports with tessellation issues MAYA-85911
Paint Vertex Color Tool: Undo fails to remove the previous Vertex Set selection, causing multiple Sets to be unexpectedly painted MAYA-99776
Selection is slow when the UV Editor is open with many objects and many faces MAYA-87318
Select > Inverse (Ctrl+Shift+I) for NURBS control vertices does not invert the control vertices, instead it clears the selection MAYA-93376
Maya crashes opening a scene where polyPinUV history was previously deleted MAYA-95129
Duplicating the sub-nodes of an LOD_Group (where inputConnections is set to True) fails to duplicate any lower level sub-nodes MAYA-95364
Selecting a large number of small meshes, while the UV Editor is open, is slow MAYA-97406
Mesh > Smooth can cause some UV values to be NaN MAYA-97777
polyPlatonic, polyDisc, polySuperShape, and polyGear are unrecognized node types in Batch mode MAYA-93633
Reloading a reference can cause a crash if the Shape Editor is open MAYA-89503
Crash when setting MAYA_DET_TANGENT = 1 MAYA-93956
This combination where the Move-Tool (with Orientation is set to Component) and Soft-Select (with Falloff is set to Global), can crash Maya MAYA-93810
Update documentation to state that polyRetopo and polyRetopoCtx commands only work on Windows MAYA-96979
Editing a "blendshape target mesh" is producing incorrect results where translated vertices are not moving to correct space MAYA-98052
Provide support for art3dPaintCtx to save painted textures via a script MAYA-98681
Display Border Edges can cause a crash with instanced objects when deleting components (such as Edges and Loops) MAYA-96504
Modeling tools such as (Insert Edge Loop/Append to Polygon) can change the current namespace MAYA-96222
Unchecking 'Edit NURBS UV Mode' after UV modification crashes Maya MAYA-96016
MMB drag (to translate an object) does not always affect the expected translation axis MAYA-89090
Double-click an Edge (in Tweak mode) does not select whole edge loop MAYA-91105
Preferences: Double-click an Edge does not select Edge Loops if in the Preferences "Click Drag Select" is enabled MAYA-91880
Crash when adjusting Blend Shape slider when sculpting multiple meshes on a single post-deformation blendshape MAYA-99571
Cannot rotate UVs less than 1 degree using UV Toolkit MAYA-97987
MotionGraphics
Crash when distributing MASH network over a disc using the voxel method MAYA-93651
When referencing a scene with MASH nodes, the MASH nodes are improperly renamed MAYA-99787
Rendering
OCIO config path does not support project relative paths MAYA-100845
Render Setup is not saved with autosave MAYA-97630
Light Editor fails with an error if legacy render layers are enabled on Linux MAYA-95870
Unable to resize Render Setup /Light Editor if window were left open when exiting Maya MAYA-90493
Creating more than 5 nested collections causes new item Property Editor fields to grow wider and wider MAYA-72148
UI
Workspaces: "Reset Current Workspace" does not restore widgets to their original size MAYA-97891
Outliner display menu not working when MAYA_SET_PARENT_HINT set to 0 MAYA-97293
Outliner selection and performance lag with large number of elements (faces) MAYA-97157
set nodes do not get added at the bottom of the Outliner when the sortCommand is used MAYA-90459
"Save As" path can sometimes save files in a different location than expected. For example, it saves in the last visited path instead of the Scenes folder MAYA-90896
Sometimes it is difficult to click on buttons in a floating window MAYA-90424
Qt "lock file" prevents Maya from starting MAYA-91131
On Centos 7 (Centos 7.4.1708 and KDE 4.14.8), users are unable to re-dock windows (ex. the Attribute Editor Maya) after undocking them MAYA-96466
Error in AETemplates/AEfileTemplate.mel ("No object matches name: file1.uvTileProxyDirty" - Error evaluating..."createGeneratePreviewButton) MAYA-97889
Multi-Touch Gestures are not working in the Viewport MAYA-100351
The Hotkey Editor prints many lines of commands in the Script Editor when opening a scene MAYA-100183
The plane handles in the Transform Manipulator do not work correctly in Orthographic views MAYA-98932
Viewport
Custom imagePlane's lack support in VP2.0 MAYA-98423
Update Glew to V2.10 from V1.10 and allow access to missing OpenGL 4.x functions MAYA-98342
Viewport 2.0 Draw API compatibility warning inconsistent with current API MAYA-100475
Undo paint vertex color breaks mesh MAYA-99814
Some scenes containing holdout materials and shader fragment code cause a crash MAYA-100034
Rotation gizmo drawn incorrectly in Orthographic views in Legacy Viewport renderer MAYA-98096
CGFX plugin on Linux causes crashes in some cases MAYA-97916
Instancing in VP2 leaves OpenGL in a bad state MAYA-98453
Missing C++ copy constructor on MVaryingParameter, MUniformParameter, MVaryingParameterList and MUniformParameterList leads to crashes MAYA-96345
Performance regression of Viewport 2.0 with many locators MAYA-96340
MTextureManager always creates mipmaps MAYA-96275
nCloth: Connection Density Range curve from constraint node not updating MAYA-93680
castShadows attribute is not evaluated properly if it's connected to another attribute MAYA-97359
MHWRender::MIndexBuffer: Linux: wrong number reported by "ogs -gpu" when using custom buffers MAYA-97092
Geometry corruption with UV Editor whilst in Shaded Mode MAYA-96714
Some UVs are only visible in the editor when you zoom out MAYA-95891
Crash in TraversalStateList::Draw(ADrawContext& dc) with custom shape MAYA-95058
Environment variable that forces Core Profile Compatibility instead of Strict MAYA-94975
Selection and re-selection of objects causes continuous memory leak MAYA-95428
UV tile previews cannot be all generated for file texture nodes connected to bump and other shading nodes MAYA-94856
Viewport 2.0 display of stereo cameraSet is incorrect MAYA-93747
MPxGeometryOverride/MPxSubSceneOverride using unreadable client buffers are not selectable in non-camera-based selection mode MAYA-94071
Locator steals selection when using MAYA_VP2_USE_VP1_SELECTION MAYA-100617
Use the best version of GLSL supported by the driver instead of old v1.5 MAYA-98038
Skin-Delta deformation has incorrect behavior when referenced MAYA-95453
OpenMayaUI.MUiDrawManager.lineList and lineStrip not working in python MAYA-90531
Image Planes in conjunction with Shots cause crashes MAYA-98676
MRenderItem.setShaderFromNode, nonTexture becomes False in Python API 2.0 MAYA-94792
Drawing and selection do not work when plugin shape has -1 value for MVertexBufferDescriptor::offset() MAYA-94194
Camera image plane display mode affects transparency/alpha of scene MAYA-91967
Allow opening of EXR images when their file names do not have an extension MAYA-96299
Exiting using X then cancelling breaks Viewport update MAYA-101160
Universal Manipulator initially moves in opposite direction MAYA-93733
Maya Colorset Visualization is inconsistent between viewports and modes when subdivided MAYA-91857
UV Editor interaction is sluggish with large (> 500k vertices) meshes MAYA-99610
Viewport 2.0 + Instancer node causes memory leak MAYA-97399
Max Shadow Map Resolution increased from 4k to 16k MAYA-98094
Some dynamic attributes are not working with MPxShadingNodeOverride MAYA-97175
Objects do not show up in the uv editor when they are marquee selected in the Viewport MAYA-98411
Display glitch whilst modeling in the viewport MAYA-97762
CPU/GPU usage increases until out of memory occurs when loading textures MAYA-96445
Wireframe not visible for geometry override MAYA-96373
UV Editor is slow when many other meshes are in the scene MAYA-93981
XGen
IGS LinearWire Simulation behavior incorrect MAYA-95774
Utility tab of XGen editor in Maya 2019 is blank MAYA-96442