Thanks for the detailed explanation Jim!

I just updated the plugin to the latest Maya® 2.23.2 - 7.8 Win and the the artifacts still exist.
however, i found that if i set the Octane:Sharpness value to anything above 0 and export the entire scene as an .orbx file, Octane Standalone will render the scene with no artifacts. :o
So i assume its ...

guys help me out ,i am not sure if this is a bug or i made a mistake
so i sculpted and polypainted a head in zbrush4r6, unwrapped it using the uvmaster plugin, and exported it as maya2016 .ma file. 1.png
i then gave the model octane glossy material and plugged the texture in diffuse everything ...

Goldorak wrote:This may be possible in V3 using OSL. OSL is very powerful and can be used to implement any BRDF.

ah i see, looking forward to V3 thanks for the reply

hopefully someone can explain

Hi guys,
I am just wondering why the Index value cannot have a texture map input just like the rest of the material parameters, is there a reason behind this?

yea i was wondering the same thing. Texture imput for Index would be very usefull.

I am using Maya 2015, every time i assign the Polygon Side texture to a material Maya would instantly crash.
am i the only one getting this problem?

JimStar wrote:alexliuzinan
Yes, this is a little bug, I've already fixed it. Will be OK in next release.

Awesome! Thanks JimStar

when i try to plug materials to a mix material in the attribute editor, maya will display "// Error: line 0: The attribute 'octaneGlossyMaterial3.outColor' cannot be connected to 'octaneMixMaterial1.Material1'." it works fine if i go into the hypershade and connect the materials manually. is anyone ...