1: http://i.imgur.com/w60wLNa.png regular old live-viewer standard render.
Difference is from x-particles. Octane is doing fine work.

2: The advice is to Cache everything . This has been the case for most issues where simulation is happening. Is there a reason this is not possible? You'll get the ...

If you pay close attention, you'll also see that the particles are in different locations. At least they were on my screen. The only variable that really adds this level off weirdness is probably the xpdomain, because it's fluid and has a certain amount of randomness in it.

That's why caching ...

I believe Volume Step Count is the same as Volume Step Length, which can be found under the volume medium.

Set Voxel size to your tfd voxel size (or sometimes a bit less, helps in some cases) and tune your step count accordingly.

I'm thinking it's something to do with your mapping and tone mapping things.

Can you post an image of your render settings (Ctrl/CMD+B) and camera imager settings?

Hey,

so .. here's what I got:
http://i.imgur.com/xwFr1Ca.png

Sort of works.. but.. a few issues.

First though, the how I did it:
When you read an image file as Normal, it doesn't access the alpha information.
So I made a duplicate of your image texture in the node editor and set the type to ...

Can try adding a octane object tag and unticking Shadow Visibility?

The question itself is rather unclear, you could clarify it with some screenshots.

edit:
It's not perfect because you don't really have that much control over what the renderer uses and doesn't use for what it does because that's ...

Hello,

why are you using just a diffuse material? I think mixing it in with a a glossy material or maybe even just a specular material will serve you a lot better.

Milk is shiny. http://www.befoodsmart.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/milk-pouring-in-glass.jpg
But making that shine come out is ...

Metal, much like glass, is all about the lighting and you can make the same piece of metal look completely different by moving a single light.

On your surface i can see that there's a light on the other side of the object (Camera -> object -> light), which you can see in the reflection.

You can of ...

I had some time:

http://imgur.com/a/t4mnU

Here's a gallery (I made the borders bright green and turned the grid off, so it's more obvious.

I'm on the latest standalone (3.03) and as of writing, the most current c4d plugin (3.03.3 R1).
Cinema 4D R17 .48 (not the very latest patch).

I've attached ...

Hello friend.

You're posting screenshots of IPR, which is fine. But I'm not really getting what you're saying.
There are a few things that I spotted in your render settings which I would change right off the bat without knowing anything about your scene.
Drop your GI clamp to like 10. The 1 million ...