Octane doesn't seem to like the (SHIFT+B) 'select area of camera view to render', then again everythings rendering so fast now I don't mind just rendering the full camera everytime - it would be handy though :p.

If it's any help it seems to render a sortof scanline filled version of the area you ...

great thanks for your replies - I'll get back to finishing off my katana model later

Finally got my card and this is working great sorry for asking so many questions earlier about something my hardware couldn't possibly do o_O.

Now I have 2 more questions eheh:

Does octane recognise the 'smooth' property on a face/poly in blender?

Also I have an empty set as focus for my camera ...

ok no worries - I shall wait till next week then

JimStar wrote: What GPU do you have?

I currently unfortunately only have a GTX 260, but there is a GTX 660 on order which I should have by hopefully monday or tuesday .

sorry I still can't get it to work - exactly same as last time - 'waiting for image' and console says:

<!> event has invalid window
Octane: WARNING: only node-materials are supported
Octane: WARNING: only node-textures are supported

this is getting kinda depressing now :(.

I have latest Geforce ...

I actually was so tired last night I didn't get to test 2.2 - I shall install this build tonight and see if I can get the rendering to work .

just realised this is Linux only - I'll test 2.2 win now (

r4ytrace,
Got it working Ok now? Keep at it.
And be sure to keep your old video card for display so the new one
handles all the rendering...works fine. ;)

I'm going to try this even newer build when I go home :)

I have a GTX 660 on the way in the post atm ;)

my old card is a GTX 260 ...

unfortunately after doing the above I'm still getting 'waiting for image' error/hang:

Console output:

'Octane: WARNING: only node-materials are supported
Octane: WARNING: only node-textures are supported
Octane: WARNING: only node-materials are supported
Octane: WARNING: only node-textures are ...

You should start the OctaneServer, and it will be fully workable after caching the LiveDB data during startup. So, if you start it for the first time (or if you send the activation login/pass to it) - it will take some more time as it will cache all the material preview images. It depends on your ...