just to be clear I understand correctly - this works for the current 2025.3.1? or just for 2025.2 versions?

edit: just got it to work in the most recent version. thank you!

okay. found the issue.

I got a v4 license. so the 2024 version is not the correct one to even try.

downloaded the latest v4.05, unzipped and placed it in the plugin folder, removed the other ddls that point to older releases.
octane does not start and gives me a black message about missing ...

thank you for making me aware of that. did not find it before.
will try that.

I've been using Octane for quite a few years on and off.
recently I got a new work laptop and needed to install c4d again, got it running. I got a normal R21 perpetual, nothing newer.

now I wanted to use Octane again and cannot get it running in any way.

i downloaded the latest available ...

that sounds nice nethertheless - thank you for all the support for the cinema folks!

just gave it a try...

setting Octane as the render engine in the render settings and clicking on the cinema internal 'render view' gives me a nice Octane render in the editor window. and it's fast.

clicking the Octane button 'start Octane render' leads to a crash like mentioned above.

clicking ...

give it a try - mostly materials are automatically translated quite fine to Octane just using the Cinema materials.

also there is a 'convert materials' option in the Octane Plugin menu, though I think that only works with one material at a time.
try it out - this should work in the demo so you ...

Thanks for the help guys, i will go with 3x GTX980ti for now. I am also thinking about changing my 2x TitanZ build to 7x GTX980ti, if anyone is interested in my TitanZ cards with water blocks let me know.

Piotr, I'm curious what's the point of upgrade? 2x TitanZ (cards) would give you what.. up ...

isn't today the big day?

I wanted to spend some moneys on you,..

no idea when the v3 might be here and if there will be some grazing period for customers?

would be nice to hear from you!