unfortunately it is not as you say with my installation,
guis differ.
max version: https://www.dropbox.com/s/9sex7yr9vceq2e3/max-gui.jpg , slave not found
standalone version: https://www.dropbox.com/s/95dliu99zte4anx/standalone-gui.jpg , slave found
as you can see, there is not way to set the scan ...

if the slave adress is too high, the renderslave won´t show up.
it shows up in standalone, (in my case x.x.x.0-x.x.x.254) but not in max (x.x.x.0-x.x.x.24).

i absolutely second robsteadys requests. no more blindflying, please.
i would also like to have:

- a MatID texturemap
- a Framestamp
- a more user-friendly material-editor beviour:
when i connect a texturemap to a material, you can be sure that i want to use it.
the material should switch ...

it would be nice if the rounded edge value would be in a reasonable range.
(system units in mm, generic units).
if i try to realize a 0.3mm fillet i have to set it 0,0003 or something in that range.
not very nice to adjust.

I would like to use the Info-pass too.
If its not possible to integrate it in the render elements, then it would be helpful to have a button in the render-setup that triggers a script or whatever to render a predefined info-pass after the actual rendering. may be even with lower settings tio speed ...

hi nagboy,
i am using octane with backburner (1 machine submitting jobs to the same machine) and it works fine.

vray checks for licenses in slavemode as well ( you get 10 slave licenses with it as well).
a question to karba: if the standalone is installed on machine A and not in use, can i ...

Did you make any progress so far?
can i be of assistance ?

BR a3d

is it possible or not ??
and if it is, then how ?

best,
a3d

3dsmax offers containers and xref as a means of referencing files.
for further details please check the 3dsmax docs.
the point is: if containers are open, they are stored with the file. so autobackup and storing can be very timeconsuming (my files are 500mb from a CAD system).
if they are closed ...

does octane support closed 3dsmax containers ?
i couldn´t find a button.
vray rt does, but i´d rather use octane on this project.