I will try that Beppe

What I am in the middle of is rebuilding that system. (Backing up first :>)

It is the one I was having trouble with earlier, that would not run 2026.2 (only the 2025 and Alpha 2026.1)

I started form scratch on. a diff computer and have had no issues running 2026.2 ...

When I run the run_installed_daemon.bat network slave (after installing the _instal_daemon)
I get :

"detected that render node is hanging during startup -> render stopped"
(The slave is a laptop running an occulink GPU that renders fine on the standalone and has given me no errors, and the gpu ...

Many thanks
I'll post under general and see if I can get a fix aye.

Appreciate you replying

Peter

excuse me for posting here

I have tried installing the add on in 5.01 and 5.1

I keep getting add on install errors

any ideas

thanks

here is one from 5.1

Python: Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\Program Files\Blender Foundation\Blender 5.1\5.1\scripts\addons_core\bl_pkg\bl_extension ...

Perfect... that did it mate!!
So Daz essentially writes out an incomplete ABC

Cinema and Octane together must be "completing it in in some fashion.

I'll reach out to Daz

MANY Thanks Beppe

Peter

I realize my more simple question might be..

When you use geometry exporter on an abc file and write out an abc file... does it include the animation?
or
If you unpack it... does it rewrite anything or just "unpack" originals.

Secretly hoping Octane's rewriting of the abc fixes the issue of not ...

Thats good to know it works in Cinema Bepe. Thanks.

Are you able to export it from the standalone using the geometry node and create a NEW ABC node that has animation in it?

I am trying to ge an ABC into Blender that I can use a particualr addon with. So it has to work in blender and my original ...

Bepe
I have a diff issue :>))

I have an ABC file in the standalone that works. Yaaaaa!!!

(I have tried IMPORTING the same ABC file into blender and maya and it is unable to import. This could be because the abc exporter from Daz Studio 3d is a bit flakey :>)))) So I am guessing the Daz "type" of ...

Will do Beppe

I hate to admit it but I think it may be a case of "time for a fresh install of windows Peter!" Too many little things that do not usually happen with octane for it to be an octane thing.

I am just putting it off cause I can get done what I need most of the time :>)) and I hate ...

Standalone 2025.4 ( I have to run this version as anything higher will not launch since the launching method changed heading to 2026)

I have loaded a few very large abc files. 7-21GB

Both do not render the abc all the way. As I scroll though the timeline it will be blank unless I make a big enough ...