That did it!
Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 x64 was missing from my system.

thx Face!

Hi Face,

I'm having some problems installing this latest version on Softimage 2011. The dll seems to be the cause (appears in red in the plugin manager). I tried to replace the dll with the one you're providing on page 2 of this thread but doesn't work either.
When I try to access the plugin ...

Ok I see your point, but if Octane is so fast it is also because it is fast to setup. If it is to end up with a program with tons of options to crawl through, we have Mental Ray which has been around for a while and is very flexible indeed.

function blur the shadows, too, need

the blurriness of a shadow is dependent on the size of the light source.
The larger the source the blurrier the shadow will be.
That's the realistic and physically correct way to do it and Octane shouldn't have a "fake this or that" button, that's the whole ...

But does it at least work in Softimage ? Do you see the projection planes in the viewports? Does it produce values in the 'Aperture' and 'Depth' fields of the Octane exporter?

And another one over here

Hey jamnique,

Sorry to hear that you can't fully play with it.
Your error seems to be related solely to Octane, so I'm a bit puzzled as I can't reproduce it here.
What the rig does is just some calculations through expressions in Softimage then passes along those values to Octane export... it is ...

Hi face,

I have a little problem with v6 : it doesn't seem to load properly.
I don't know what I'm doing wrong...
Here's a screenshot.

Cool ! thx for the v6 face.
I'll report back if I come across any hiccup in the future.

Hey face, I haven't been here for a while but I can see you're still cracking. great work !
Maybe I missed it but when do you plan to release a version for XSI v7 or v6.5 ? can't wait to have my hands on it