Hi all,

This build contains OctaneRender 2026.4 and a couple of bugfixes.
We are aiming to release a 2.0.0 next with new features and the upcomming OctaneRender 2027 Beta soon-ish

To see what the future holds, check out our Trello!
https://trello.com/b/1HYU24R0/octanec4d

2026.4 - 1.9.5 plugin ...

Lino,
I've just updated from Blender 4.5.5 to 5.2 with Octane 31.10

PLEASE, pretty please, with sugar on top, fix this!

The 'Show Octane Viewport' button is used exclusively here, to be able to QUICKLY view our AOV's and then save out Layered EXR's, with cryptomattes, WITHOUT having to do things ...

Cinema 4D 2026.3
OctaneRender Studio 2026.4
Windows 11 Pro 25H2
NVIDIA driver version: 591.86
2X GeForce 2080Ti
C4D Commamdline 2026.3.4 + Octane for C4D 2026.4-1.9.4
↓
Commandline 2026.3.4 hangs/crashes
Roll back Octane plugin Octane for C4D 2026.4-1.9.3
↓
Commandline 2026.3.4 renders ...

Windows 11 Pro 25H2
NVIDIA driver version: 591.86
2X GeForce 2080Ti
C4D Commamdline 2026.3.4 + Octane for C4D 2026.4-1.9.4
↓
Commandline 2026.3.4 hangs/crashes
Roll back Octane plugin Octane for C4D 2026.4-1.9.3
↓
Commandline 2026.3.4 renders successfully
Hello, I have discovered that with 1.9.4 ...

Hi all

This is the build for the 2026.4 version of Octane.
We have added support for Unreal 5.8

Octane for Unreal Engine

Changes:

Support for Unreal 5.8
Upgraded to Octane 2026.4



WIN
UE 5.8
Studio+ Installer: https://render.otoy.com/customerdownloads/plugins/dd/75/08/75 ...

Thank you for the update.

Added output type to Image Texture and OSL Texture nodes
Could you please explain what this update actually means and how it should be applied?
Without any additional explanation, it is difficult to understand how to use this new feature.


Very easy, if you for ...

Hi all,

This build contains OctaneRender 2026.4 and a couple of bugfixes.
We are aiming to release a 2.0.0 next with new features and the upcomming OctaneRender 2027 Beta soon-ish

To see what the future holds, check out our Trello!
https://trello.com/b/1HYU24R0/octanec4d

2026.4 - 1.9.4 plugin ...

Working in C4D Octane 2026.3 Build 1.9.3.

My material stack uses a Layered Material with a basecoat, metallic flakes, a tinted binder layer, and then a Specular Material Layer as the main clearcoat. For realistic clearcoat microscratches, I need to control these three properties BY TEXTURE MAP ...

I'm struggling to get OCIO working with other config file / environment variable.
I don't have any error, the plugin just ignore to use the view that I choose.
I see them all in the menu, but in the live viewer nothing changes.
I tried with the imager and also with the AOV node system.

It's ...

Hi all,

This is a hotfix release for 1.9.1 with OctaneRender 2026.3 .

The main changes in this build are the new Material Link node, Octane 2026.3 and splitting the Octane settings between Scene Settings and Plugin Settings.
The split was done because certain settings were not stored in the scene ...