Hi BK, better strand hair support is also a big requested feature from myself (and many others I'm sure). I do have a couple of general questions though.

Now that Daz 6 is out, when do y'all expect to start porting the plugin to that version?
When can we expect a 2026 version of the octane plugin?

RGUS wrote: Sun Jun 07, 2026 1:15 pm Does this release work in DAZ Studio 6?

Thanks

No, the plugin will have to be updated.

Me again...

I have tried to find where I set something in Octane that allows me to use the F/Stop slider in the Viewport to change the depth of field in real time.
In previous versions, this worked perfectly.
I'm not sure, with re-installing the plug-in, something went back to default settings ...

Ok I think I've found a bug in this version. None of the fstop functions work on the camera.

Never mind I found the Octanerender VDB under a different menu.

Thank you for the update! Do you know if you will attempt to get strand hair working with the octane hair geometry again or is it just not possible with the current sdk? @jimstar

Hello,

I freshly installed DAZ Studio on a new machine and since I installed the OctaneRender plugin, DAZ crashes on quit, making it impossible amon other things to modify any workspace parameter and save my work state.

My details:
- AMD Ryzen 9 9950x3D
- 96GB DDR5 5600MT/s
- NVidia 5090

I ...

Hi team it's been a while, any updates on the way?

Another issue I've been having, seems to be Related to textures that use the layered image editor in daz. When initially applying a L.I.E texture it loads fine, I set up the shader, etc. however the nest time I open the file the diffuse part of the texture has been replaced by the normals ...

Another issue I've been having, seems to be Related to textures that use the layered image editor in daz. When initially applying a L.I.E texture it loads fine, I set up the shader, etc. however the nest time I open the file the diffuse part of the texture has been replaced by the normals texture ...