I'd love to hear an answer to this as well. I can't seem to get out the post pass without an alpha anymore. I tried activating "include environment" but it doesn't seem to do anything different. I'd really love to have the old effect back :)

If it helps -

My workaround was making a custom AOV ...

Please see image attached. I'm trying to figure out why when I render to PNGs in version 2023, the alpha isn't acting like it used to in 2022. The post pass used to include the environment so the blooms wouldn't be cut out.
Nobody should be exporting as PNG in the first place, a never ending ...

I'd love to hear an answer to this as well. I can't seem to get out the post pass without an alpha anymore. I tried activating "include environment" but it doesn't seem to do anything different. I'd really love to have the old effect back :)

If it helps -

My workaround was making a custom AOV ...

Another example of 22 vs 23, same exact setup. Post pass is including the alpha channel in 23.

Please see image attached. I'm trying to figure out why when I render to PNGs in version 2023, the alpha isn't acting like it used to in 2022. The post pass used to include the environment so the blooms wouldn't be cut out.

I believe I found a bug. It seems that I can't plug the DIRT or CURVATURE node into the bump channel. I recall this being available in previous version? Please see image.

1. with texture straight into bump
2. dirt map solo for visual
3. dirt plugged into bump channel, but no bump in render

thanks ...

At present, ORBX files using the ORBX loader in Cinema 4D are self-contained. They cannot be edited in Cinema 4D, they can only be lit and rendered. You can click on the Edit button in the Attribute panel of the loader, which will open the file in Standalone and you can edit it there.

Ok, thank ...

Hi,
have you tried to save the material in the LocalDB from Standalone?
https://docs.otoy.com/StandaloneH_STA/StandaloneManual.htm#StandaloneSTA/LocalDB.htm?Highlight=localdb

Then you can easily find and import them in c4doctane Live View menu Materials/LiveDB.

ciao,
Beppe

Thanks for the reply ...

I'm wondering if it's possible to add an octane c4d shader while using the OrbxLoader in C4D? I'd like to override/edit the material coming from the standalone.

We've solved the brightness shift after going thru the shader network node by node. The difference was the result of the Gradient assigned to "Texture2" of the Multiply node not having anything assigned to the Texture channel. By linking a FloatTexture (value 1) we were able to get the V4.01 render ...