Thanks for the tIp J.C. ... I finally got the time to do some tests with this set of options but alas im still getting hard freezes.. always when a material is updating ( as seen in the bottom right of C4d where it tells you whats its up to)
Aoktar... are there any plans to investigate/fix this bug ...

I'm getting a hard crash (application just closes with no error) with this scene and others with any interaction in the node graph. Cannot use octane on my system currently.

Unfortunately that doesn't do it. It works as I expect with the C4D standard shader and the Forground object. Switching it to Octane and it won't work. I attached project file here.

I am working at 11517x1080, but some of the screen is occluded and doesn't need to be rendered. So I'd like Octane to ignore those pixels and speed up my rendering.

Help.jpg
Matted.jpg

In C4D standard I can put this texture in the alpha of a Foreground object and get what I need.
Matte.jpg ...

Maybe I'm doing something wrong, but the LV is all white and it is doing octane preview in the perspective window.

Cool, Alt+F4 seems to close and release the license properly. thank you for the tip!

Hopefully I can remember to close C4D that way from now on. What still sucks for me is if I forget to close it with Alt+F4 and try to use on my laptop I'll need to make a trip back to my office again.

Do you think ...

OK, I am having this same issue. It is really frustrating because I cannot then use Octane on my laptop as it doesn't release the license properly.

Windows 10 Pro Ver.1703 OS Build: 15063.296
C4D R18.048 (Build RB197636)
Octane 3.06 (3060005)

I've attached screenshots of my plug-ins folders ...

I have had this monitor for some time and it is fantastic

LG Electronics IPS Digital Cinema 4K Monitor 31MU97-B 31.0-Inch

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I'm working in C4D so I'll try the 'edit in standalone' to check out the Devices tab in the stand alone. Thanks for the info, I have never even opened the stand alone... I will check that out!

Can some one help me understand how the total scene vram is calculated?

Textures+Geometry+Frame buffer = total vram? or am I missing something?