Ok, will do, thanks

Hi,

The process is the same as for past year.

You need to cancel the auto renewal and buy a new BF license and use the "append" function when purchasing a new license, which will ask you if you want to merge new purchase with an existing license.

Note that you have till January 31, 2026 to ...

Assuming that i want to purchase the 2026 subscription + GreyscaleGorilla thing for this Black Friday price, just like last year, anything i should know? I still have 16 weeks left on current license, since with exception of last year i used to extend my subscription around March previously. Anyway ...

If they work with the current OctaneBench, you will likely see the test results there when they become available.

Sure, but at that point i might get one myself and find out :-D Or read some review. I was curious the day it was released, and since i havent seen info on that anywhere, i still am ...

So RTX 5000 series has been revealed today. Do we have any info regarding what to expect in terms of Octane performance? I am pretty curious, if the speedup will be in-line with previous generations (2080Ti to 3090 to 4090), therefore almost 2x?

Hi guys,
nice to hear you have solved your license issues.

@Timmaigh: start with the new Standard Surface material coming from Arnold Render, it has a Sheen Weight pin.
About Sheen Opacity, maybe you can use it as a mask for a Composite material between two Standard Surface materials with ...

Here's what they said...

By clicking "View Info" next to the license on the Licenses Subscription page, you will see the actual expiration date.
Kind regards,
Gabriele
Octane Support Team

However, I did also email the helpdesk to check why I only have 2 unlocks left but was told that 2 is now ...

Just purchased the BF deal of a year's subscription.
Buried somewhere in the Otoy/Octane pages I read that for existing subscriptions (I had 6 months left) subscribers should contact support to not lose their current remaining subscription and have it added to the newly purchase BF deal. Can you ...

Hi Timmaigh!,
To better understand what you're referring to regarding the conversion, it would be helpful to review the original material.
About OctaneProxy:
https://docs.otoy.com/3DSMaxH/3DSMaxPluginManual.htm#3DSMax/OctaneProxy.htm?Highlight=octane-proxies
Regards
Paride

Thank you, i checked ...

Hello there,

i recently got some foliage models to use for my archviz renders, in 3Dsmax format, set up with Vray materials. So i needed to convert the materials, which i did with the built-in max plugin convertor. I would then save these models as a new file, to still keep the vray-rigged version ...