Hello,

I had to go back to the 16.10 version because of extreme crashes on max 2024 and 2026 : black screen and I need to restart my computer by unplugging and plugging back my computer.

It happens randomly when I open the octane viewport or render an animation.

I thought I had issues with my ...

Thank you sooo much NZ !!! Gaussien splats works fine ( at least for now :-) ) !!! sooo cool :mrgreen:

Is new displacement implemented ? Looks like it don't work with procedurals...

there is new nodes with "distance" in the name , is there a way to have a distance value as in Vray ?

2025 scenes ...

Hi,
The new displacement node (v2026.1) supports procedural textures without requiring a texture baking node. The Mesh UV Projection node must be used in the Projection slot. Alternatively, to use a standard procedural node, it needs to be loaded into a grayscale image.
Regards
Paride

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Hi ramone163,
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Regards
Paride

coilbook wrote: Thu Nov 27, 2025 7:25 pm Can we get a separate folder for all your tutorials for phoenix, itoo, etc etc. Right now all your posts are all over the place. Thanks

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Hi ramone163,
I don’t think I fully understand the issue with the two variants. Could you help me understand it better?
I didn’t quite understand if you’re asking about something like the use of material layers.
Regards
Paride

Hi tombyrom,
Could you share the scene with the issue? If you’d like, you can share it with me in a private message.
Regards
Paride

There is a bug with motion blur.

The camera is attached to the moving sphere, but the sphere is getting motion blur as if it were passing by a stationary camera.

The scene is attached.

It should be the opposite — the background should have motion blur because both the camera and the sphere are ...

Hi jonnylynn,
In Octane v2026, you’ll get native OpenBPR support, along with the already available MaterialX and the standard surface material shader (Arnold).
Regards
Paride