I'd also _really_ like to see MaterialX fully supported, will be extremely valuable. I believe I did see a mention that support for it was coming as part of the Octane 2022 roadmap though.

Hey all,

I've been testing out some more workflows recently and I've got a bit of feedback to share; mainly using a lot of Octane Standalone (to access development builds, full feature set and because the scene updates are a bit faster).

I find it useful to assemble a scene in Solaris ...

I've been testing the new Standard Surface material and I really like it! The option for "Depth" under Transmission is extremely helpful to get some looks I've been unable to create with the Universal Material. However I've also been trying to use it with caustics and the photon kernel, but as soon ...

Hi JPeg,

thank you so much for your help!!
We have sent a request to our Solaris dev if we can implement this feature in future releases!

thanks again!

Cheers

No worries, I hope this helps and please ping me if there is anything more I can test or provide examples for!! I'd really like to use ...

Awesome! But I downloaded the Studio subscription build but its asking me for an enterprise license?

EDIT: demo license works but seems the studio zip is a copy of enterprise ;)


Hi JPeg,

Thanks so much for your patience.

would you please try the new build we just posted?
(https://render.otoy ...

Hi BK,

I've attached a hip file that shows the issue, let me walk you through it here:

First I've made 2 example streams, a solaris based one (that isn't working) and a ROP based one that is (using the texture map workaround).

In the /obj root you will find 2 subnets that contain the different ...

Hey,

One of the main advantages for me in using USD and within Houdini/Solaris specifically is the instancing support. I know there is probably a lot of work that needs to be done with octane core to support the full breath of instancing options available in USD (and reading primvars) BUT as of ...

Awesome! But I downloaded the Studio subscription build but its asking me for an enterprise license?

EDIT: demo license works but seems the studio zip is a copy of enterprise

Found a bug in this build; when reading in an animated USD scene (transform, not deform), it works correctly in the render viewport but gets stuck on frame 1 when trying to batch render output. Alembic scenes work fine but USD stuck on frame 1.

Playing with roughness a bit more and added a Sheen layer, the sheen produced the bounce light back onto the ground, but with an extra unwanted reflection on the prism.

The this is with 10000 samples 3min render time

octane_03.jpg

EDIT:

After more tweaking of coat/sheen and their roughness ...