The student version does not include the integrated plugin, it is only the standalone software 1.20 you can use with your student license

Hi KristofferMoth,
for animation, the plugin is the best because you have more freedom for materials animation and so on. There is an old exporter , but you have to export the animation frame by frame, loading on GPU all the scene each frame, while plugin has option to reload only what is changing ...

Hi KristofferMoth,
please, try with the demos, here is the latest c4dOctane demo:
https://render.otoy.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=25&t=55714#p285535
You should be able to evaluate the workflow. Take in mind that with combo license you have access to both the possibilities, since you can export the ...

So I'm going to invest in Octane! Time and patience have turned away from the coming student subscription licenses ¨¨.

But after some fiddling ariund with the C4D plugin I have come to doubt if i should by a Standalone or Combo License ? The price without the plugin is after a fair bit lower

Are ...

So sorry for being pushy and impatient - but is this happening "soon" or are we Talking in months/years ? It would be so Nice to be able to use Octane again!

Hi !


As far as i know V 1.20 is only compatible with compute model 2.1 and below (if i remember correctly), it seems your GPU is too new to be recognized...

Same thing is happening with my Gtx 1080

Goldorak wrote:We're finalizing the new backend at the moment (for monthly subs. and credit payments) first for ORC, and then for this.

That is fantastic !

Any news regarding this ?

Well that seems to clear the question - although not a fully supported version, at least it must be nearing since it is at "experimental" - so i guess i'll go for the 1080 and the extra vram following it

Hi

i am about to invest in a new gpu primarily because of better Octane performance

So = Should i buy a gtx 1080 and wait (without knowning exactly for how long) until CUDA 8 and octane support - or invest in 2 980ti now ?

I'm also wondering about Vram advantages, Cuda cores etc.



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