Update: Got it to work for now, by keeping the log window open on the side, clearing the log and observing it to not show the same repeated
"Starting the Octane API twice is not allowed"
When manually refreshing the Octane Add-On in Blender, it started showing regular Octane Log entries and seems ...

Hi, it's been a while, thought I revisit a more modern Octane since for my good old v4 license, I always need to go back to my old GTX 1080 Ti, losing all the power of my RTX 3070 Ti :)
But I don't get it to run in Blender:

Blender 5.2.0 LTS
Octane Render Prime 2026.4 - Octane Blender Addon Server ...

Fantastic news! Can't wait for the release of the Octane 4 C4D Plugin

[...] linking up computers with GTX [...] to do Octane rendering [...]
That's a datacenter. That's NOT ALLOWED by the new NVIDIA EULA.

No. That's a datacenter by your panicful interpretation.

Panic mode enabled...

Enjoy your panic, I will let others discuss this topic with you

it's been 8 months, still no news on that topic?

My goal is to do this for next versions. There is a trial if you wish to see how will work. Not working as i wish but fine start.

Nice - I had exactly the same question in mind - glad that you have this on the radar.
I'm looking for a quick way to get an area filled with volumetric lightrays ...

Glad to read updates about v3.
I'm wondering what's the status of 2.25, which you guys stated (via twitter) will include Octane Render Cloud?

Any news on the releasedate of the ORBX Media Player for VR Viewing on the PC?
I would love to dive into generating VR content for the Rift / Vive both with Octane but also with Photography as Paul showed in the OTOY office example at FMX in Stuttgart!
Any infos on releasing the tools for VR ...

We will revisit v2 student licences when v3 is out, but we are hoping to try something even more ambitious with OctaneVR. After OVR is released, there will be a three month window where all users on the forum will have access to a complete, unrestricted final 2.22.2 OR engine through OVR, and a ...