OctaneRender™ for Blender 1.20.2 - 1.6 beta Linux [OBSOLETE]

[JimStar]

The Linux version of OctaneRender™ for Blender plugin, 64-bit.




The bundle consists from two parts:
1. OctaneRender™ Server
2. Blender - OctaneRender™ edition.

The first part (server) should be run on the same computer as the second one..
After the server is run - you can start rendering (or open a rendered view) from inside Blender. Before the very first rendering you should fill in the server address (only 127.0.0.1 at the time), login and password (your license key info) to activate the server. After the first rendering the server will remember this activation info, and you will not need to enter it again.

You should use only OctaneRender materials inside Blender scenes - the plugin knows nothing about Blender specific materials and textures (about any Blender nodes, generally speaking).


Installation:
- Just copy the files from archive to root file system (into the same folder-tree as in archive). If your Linux distro has "/usr/lib64" folder instead of "/usr/lib" - copy Octane libs from "/usr/lib" archive path into this "/usr/lib64" folder.
- Run the OctaneServer as daemon:

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# OctaneServer &

- Now you can start blender.
- If you got error messages that blender needs some libBlahBlah.so library - you can run the install_deps.sh script from installed blender folder with appropriate command-line keys. It will download, compile and install all needed libraries. If you dont want to install only the needed libraries - you can install all possible using --with-all key (but be ready it may take a lot of time to download, compile and install them all).


FIXES AND NEW FEATURES SINCE LAST RELEASE

• Fixed bug - Octane World presets were not working.
• Fixed absorption medium bug.
• Fixed scattering medium bug.
• Fixed falloff texture bug.
• Fixed metaballs bug.
• Fixed defaut "roughness" value in glossy material.
• Added Blender's own "Post Processing" rollout to "OctaneRender" mode.
• Minor bug fixes...

DOWNLOAD
Blender Octane Edition - v1.6 beta Linux (129MB archive file)

[grimm]

Excellent! Thanks JimStar, the absorption medium is working much better now.

[mac3d]

Hello everyone, I try and try again but I do not understand where I'm wrong with the plugin blender + octane.Ho also downloaded a sample file but I always render a black with a message waiting immagine.Why?. Please help me: (
Use translate language, sorry for bad English

[matej]

Hello everyone, I try and try again but I do not understand where I'm wrong with the plugin blender + octane.Ho also downloaded a sample file but I always render a black with a message waiting immagine.Why?. Please help me: (
Use translate language, sorry for bad English

Did you start the server before starting Blender?
Did you input the username & password in the fields, before starting to render (see manual)?
Do you have a Blender->Octane plugin license?

[mac3d]

Hi Matej,

Yes i have started octaneserver and i input my username and password in the field, but i did not buy a octane plugin license for octane plugin, but i have dowloaded the octane plugin from jimstar and i would like to try it before any purchase or i have to buy it without trying ?

Thx so much for now

[mib2berlin]

Hi mac3d, this is not a Demo version, you need to purchase a license for this addon/plugin/server.
They announced a Demo in the news thread but nobody knows when.

Cheers, mib.

[mac3d]

ok,thanks mib2berlin

[Synthercat]

I get an "error while loading shared libraries: liboctane.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory" When I go for OctaneServer &

other distros worked fine, I am trying a fresh Ubuntu 10.3-64bit

Just to make sure I placed the lib files liboctane.so and the other one, inside :
/usr/lib
/usr/lib32
/usr/lib64 (there wan't any such folder! I created it)

Why can't it find the liboctane.so?

[JimStar]

I get an "error while loading shared libraries: liboctane.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory" When I go for OctaneServer &

other distros worked fine, I am trying a fresh Ubuntu 10.3-64bit

Just to make sure I placed the lib files liboctane.so and the other one, inside :
/usr/lib
/usr/lib32
/usr/lib64 (there wan't any such folder! I created it)

Why can't it find the liboctane.so?

If your system has /usr/lib and /usr/lib32 - there is no need to create /usr/lib64, as in this case /usr/lib is for 64-bit libraries.
If you have copied the libs into /usr/lib - the system should see them. But you should never place 64-bit libraries into 32-bit folder.

[Synthercat]

I don't know why it didn't find it but nevermind Jimstar, I will go back to other distro (DreamStudio) cause 13.04 Ubuntu run blender on turtle-speed.