Thank you, would you be able to provide a scene where this can be reproduced for us to test? I share this scene here:
Caustic_Breakdown@plastic on glossy floor@rough 0.15 at real light source at the almost real life_6000x3375.orbx
But you can change the kernel from PT to Photon Tracing (see above ...

Hello. :)

Some wrong colors are caused by Photon Tracing kernel issue despite "Accurate colors" enabled:
Photon Tracing kernel - some wrong colors for caustics.png
Photon Tracing (PPM method) kernel renders to increase badly "pink" color (= less red than at Path Tracing (PT) kernel).

Correct ...

Hi all,

We are excited to bring you OctaneRender 2026.2. Thanks again to all those who sent us feedback and continuously help us improve Octane.

This version includes a number of improvements and fixes especially targeting, but not limited to the latest features.

https://render.otoy.com ...

Happy holidays! :)

VRAM size used at PT@32-parallel and @128-tile:
--at 7680x4320
2026.1 - 10.3GB
2025.x - 2.6GB

--at 1920x1080
2026.1 - 2.8GB
2025.x - 2.6GB

Why does new 2026.1 need to use VRAM size for resolution screen? But 2026.1 seems to be "not" faster than 2025.x.


Thank you for the ...

akvahouse wrote: Tue Dec 02, 2025 10:51 pm Hi guys, Gaussian splats is broken in this release?
Screenshot_2.jpg
Same file works fine in houdini
Screenshot_3.jpg

Looks like the file path has a ":" at the end? If this is not the issue, could you share a link to the file itself?

Hi all,

We are incredibly excited to share a preview of Octane 2027 and our roadmap for the year ahead.

https://render.otoy.com/downloads/7c/fe/65/d9/octane-2027-preview.jpg

Here is a summary of the main features being actively developed in the next Octane 2027.1 release:


Real-time Neural ...

Hi all,

We are excited to bring you the first stable release of OctaneRender 2026.1. Thanks again to all those who sent us feedback and continuously help us improve Octane.

https://render.otoy.com/downloads/35/27/49/0c/2026_splash.jpg

2026.1 Feature Highlights


Support for Gaussian splats ...

For this I would suggest converting one of your licenses to use offline activation with a USB dongle.

https://home.otoy.com/render/octane-render/purchase/#dongles

Hi all,

We are happy to bring you OctaneRender 2025.5. This is a maintenance release including various fixes. Thanks again to all those who sent us feedback and continuously help us to improve Octane.

https://render.otoy.com/downloads/71/36/6c/5b/2025_splash.jpg

Important notes :


The ...

Hi all,

We are excited to bring you the second beta of Octane 2026.1, which we are hoping will be the last one before the 2026.1 stable release.

This build includes a number of fixes many of which were reported by you, so thanks all again for your continuous support in improving Octane.

This ...