ok this may sound disjointed but I'm having multiple problems with the octane plugin, and I've noticed
once is model/scene gets borked, octane gets stuck,. so what I want to know is there a way to clean
all the Octane settings from a file. so I have a scene, and now its stuck w/ a 4px x 4px render ...

So I cant get Octane to run, this is what it shows for my GPU in DS
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/788946025359867905/813518954604658719/DS4Octane.jpg
so I tried to get it to run in C4D using the demo, and it actually rendered shows,.. free vram open to octane
and is not using a ton of out ...

OK so I'm trying to make some neon lighting, purple in particular is driving me crazy, no matter what I do it comes out a light pinkish purple. I've tried Gaussian spectrum values, making the exact color in a RGB image and using that in transmissions. I've tried so many different things I just don't ...

well I'm guessing for something like a reused spotlight, you could use a plane or sphere, w/ an IES attached to make it project to a spotlights pattern and to reuse it often just save it to your presets. by right clicking on it in the used materials tab and saying add to presets, then you can also ...

Since I'm not able to post in the actual DAZ section, I'm looking for suggestions to achieve an effect
I want to have Tattoo's on my character Glow using emitters, I dont want the whole skin lit up as an emitter though just the tattoo's
thoughts? Ideas?

Your Right,.. In that it doesnt use Iray's lights,.. The Octane for Daz Studio Plugin's Lighting modes are HDRI, Sun/Sky, Emmitters (Emissive Textures/objects) and Emissives w/ IES profiles
if you were to go and take the sphere you put in the scene, and right click on its material in the material ...