You know, I'm going to insert my 2 cents as well:
This account joined these forums almost 10 years ago.
I own standalone and maya/houdini plug-ins.
I've upgraded twice in that time, and honestly, the product was never delivered.
Half-alpha, half-beta full of glitches is not a software.

Taking into ...

Wait a second...so can anyone clarify that: if I had so called 'permanent' license, I can't use 2019 anymore, and need to pay again?
Or 'old' licenses still do work?

I don't have any subscriptions, I have a permanent license, what's I'm supposed to download?
Can you guys put some information about licensing into FAQ, there's none now.

Autofocus is on?

Trick to avoid full refraction calculations on store glasses, windows or car windshield, for example.
Behaves like a glass, just without refraction.
I believe I've seen that somewhere, but can't find any traces in docs now.

That's probably stupid question, but do we have 'thin glass' option for materials in Houdini?

Guys, HUGE request, once again: can you please update your "Downloads" section as soon as something was released?
Right now tracking new releases is more like a hunt...

https://forums.guru3d.com/threads/windo ... ts.378044/
https://www.redshift3d.com/forums/viewthread/20408/

That might be a PLX chipset problem.

Or some other problems described here:
https://www.redshift3d.com/forums/viewthread/14488

1. >>- This issue has been resolved in the Stable release [ viewtopic.php?f=109&t=68758 ]. We are currently working on V4-RC4 and will be available soon.

There's still a problem, I'm not sure if that's related just to old scenes or to all of them:
when I'm opening the scene from 13.5, rubber ...

Besides that, that thing gonna break all the network installations, when Octane is actually installed somewhere on the network.

Tbh I think current Maya installation scheme is more like a quick hack...I mean - nothing should modify the folder of another package on my system.
Octane can perfectly ...