Hello OTOY team,

I'd like to request a feature for Octane Layered Materials: per-layer volumetric absorption (tinted clearcoat).

Currently, if I want to make a tinted lacquer or clearcoat layer that absorbs and tints light (for example, colored varnish on wood or car paint with a colored clearcoat ...

What octane & houdini version are you on?
Could you check in your octane installation, if you can see the script folder?
Inside it should be an "octane_utils.py" file. If you don't see this, then please try installing a fresh version of octane.


Hi!
I’m on Octane 2025.1 for Houdini 20.5.550 ...

Thanks Dom!
I replaced the file, but unfortunately it didn’t fix the issue.
I’m still getting the same error: "No module named 'octane_utils'"

Thanks for the update!

I’m having trouble figuring out how to properly use Decals in the latest version of the plugin.
I keep getting errors.

Here are some screenshots with the issues I’m running into:
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Any help or ...

Hi there,

I’ve decided to give Octane for Solaris another chance to see if it’s ready for production.
Does the current build support compositing nodes? If so, how do I connect them?

Hi there Michael - honestly I would have to have a look and see - I am not exactly sure how Juanjo developed it initially.

I will get back to you, but I think shape was generally meant for vectron and SDF.

Hi Ricky,

Have you had a chance to figure out how this works? I’m curious if you’ve ...

Hi there,

Which specific passes should be connected to the albedo and normal inputs of the Open Image Denoise node? I assume it’s the Diffuse Filter for albedo and Smooth Normal for normal, but I’d like to clarify this to be sure.

Thanks for your help!

Hi everyone,

I noticed the Apply Custom Curve node mentioned in the Octane standalone documentation, but I can’t seem to find it in the plugin.
Am I looking in the wrong place, or is this node not implemented in the plugin?

Thanks in advance!

Just test it. Unfortunately, it doesn't work. I pasted the code and clicked the 'compile and build GUI' button, but nothing happened.

I tried reloading Houdini, but that didn't help.

MacOS Sequoia 15.1.1, Octane 2024.1.2.0, Houdini 20.5.445

Hey everyone!

I’m experimenting with connecting different OSL scripts to the OSL camera from the Vectron Tools, but the ‘Compile and Build GUI’ button doesn’t seem to work. I also tried copying the code directly into the ‘OSL Code’ input, but no luck there either.

The scripts themselves work fine ...