License upgrade
Unless you have a subscription license, you will have to upgrade your version 3 licenses to version 4. This upgrade is free and can be done via these 4 steps:
- Go to https://home.otoy.com/render/octane-render/purchase/
- Select "Upgrade" in the top menu.
- Click on "UPGRADE NOW" next to "Upgrade existing licenses to OctaneRender 4".
- Select the licenses you want to upgrade and confirm.
NEW FEATURES SINCE LAST RELEASE
- Update to 4.00 Stable SDK
- Support clay mode
- Support to show octane device settings
- Only show AI strength light under direct lighting kernel
- Attempts to fix probabilistic black frame issue
- Log environment object information for hunting probabilistic render issue(run blender with debug mode from command line "./blender -d" to enable it)
The installation consists from two parts:
1. OctaneRender™ Server
2. Blender - OctaneRender™ edition.
After starting OctaneServer it will take some time before the LiveDB tree and LiveDB material previews will be available from Blender - as OctaneServer caches the LiveDB data from remote server right after starting. But only the materials groups tree will be re-cached every time after server start, LiveDB material preview images will be cached only once - so only the very first OctaneServer start will need some more time before LiveDB tree will be available in Blender.
After the server is run - you can start rendering (or open a rendered view) from inside Blender.
Windows
DOWNLOAD (both distributives must be reinstalled, they depend on each other)
Blender Octane Edition - 16.3 (2.79)
Octane Server - 16.3
Linux
Installation:
- Just run the installer to see its command line keys.

- If you need to run OctaneServer - run it as daemon:
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$ OctaneServer &
Blender Octane Edition - v16.3 Linux
OSX
Installation:
- Just run autoinstaller file.
- Or, if you know what you are doing, you can use the ZIP archive to copy .app files manually.
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Autoinstaller: Blender Octane Edition - v16.3 OSX Autoinstaller
ZIP archive: Blender Octane Edition - v16.3 OSX ZIP