The render node part is actually a huge bonus that a lot of new users overlook. If you already have an older machine sitting around, using it as a render node can give you a pretty noticeable speed boost without needing another full license. Makes the subscription a lot more flexible than it first ...

Good to know. Rendering issues can be really frustrating because they often look like a software bug when they're actually caused by a setting or compatibility problem. It'll probably save someone else a lot of troubleshooting time.

A lot of weird Octane issues end up being driver or plugin-version related more than the actual scene. I’d try a clean GPU driver install first and also make sure the Octane plugin version exactly matches the standalone/core version. Disabling any overclock can help too - Octane tends to expose ...