So I got a reply from Otoy this morning and all is fixed. I just think it's a shame I had to write a derogatory post to get a reply

I can now login to my account, although I'm scared to death to upgrade to V3 in case something else goes wrong.
I may leave it until my latest project is finished in ...

I have been trying to get a response from otoy for weeks about my account. They choose to ignore me.

I bought 3 copies of their software but they couldnt give a fuck when I cannot login to my own account.
I can login to forums for some reason but not the main site for my license information.
So ...

Reply from Otoy

"We are currently investigating performance issues with our servers related to high load. We will update you with further information when possible."

Hopefully they will sort it soon

Does anyone know if the authentication server is down?
I deactivated yesterday and came back to my machine today to reactivate.
It will not connect to the authentication server.
I tried deactivating from the website but still doesnt work.

Anyone know of a fix as I have no idea how long otoy support ...

Success!

Thanks kavorka

and thanks Syd_86 This material looks great. I just need to figure out how to get it into the C4D plugin. lol. told you i'm a noob!

Total noob but trying my best

I'm trying to use a simple texture emmision to create a TV screen in a scene.
whenever i choose an image texture on the texture emmision it appears really washed out and too bright no matter what gamma or power i choose.
The image has quite a lot of black in it and ...