Blender 4.2.16 LTS Maintenance Release !

Blender 4.2.16 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

* Fix (unreported) Collada: missing `finish` call on some modified attribute. (3e6fd24bb89)
* anim_transforms_to_deltas resets non-keyframed object transforms values. (#147796)
* install_linux_packages: Fix for Fedora ≥ 41 (DNF5). (e5a5e475903)
* Blender Timeline animation, SHIFT vs CTRL selection difference. (#147996)
* Rigify doesn't check existence of collection properly. (#148454)
* Missing Runtime Libraries if Blender is Built with `py`-Infix in Path. (#149070)
* Cant delete new raytracing preset if called "Default". (#142647)
* Default Preset protection interacts with custom Presets, leading to them not being deletable. (#140719)
* Depsgraph doesn't build relations for camera markers. (#149172)
* Blender 4.2 LTS reports the wrong minimum GPU driver requirements for HIP on Linux. (#149519)

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

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