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Octane Hydra | Solaris plug-in 2020.2.1.2 - 04-08 [OBSOLETE]

Postby BK » Thu Apr 08, 2021 3:10 am

BK Thu Apr 08, 2021 3:10 am
Dear Octane community,

OTOY® is proud to announce the availability of the new DCC plugin OctaneRender Hydra | Solaris V2020.2.1 - for Houdini 18.5.499.

The world's fastest unbiased GPU rendering engine on CUDA and Metal now integrate completely with Houdini 18.5 Solaris.

What is Octane Hydra | Solaris?
The Octane Hydra | Solaris plugin is based on Pixar’s USD (Universal Scene Description) and Pixar’s Hydra API to empower artist workflows across look development, scene layout, lighting, and final rendering.

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Pixar's USD pipeline
https://renderman.pixar.com/stories/pixars-usd-pipeline


-Installation steps-

Insert the OctaneRender® plugin folder path to the houdini.env file. Houdini®creates this file after launch it for the first time.
On Linux and macOS® systems, append a single line to enable OctaneRender®:

HOUDINI_PATH = "/path/to/octane;&"

On Windows® systems, you need to set the PATH to point to the plugin bin folder as well:

PATH = "C:/path/to/octane/bin;$PATH"


Setting this environment variable outputs any error related to loading the OctaneRender® plugin on the command line for diagnosing installation problems:
HOUDINI_DSO_ERROR = 2



- Changes since 2020.2.1.2 - 03-26-

  • Added USD UDIM conversion
  • Support Octane texture UDIM node (The same workflow as the main plugin just add <UDIM> tag)
  • Bug fixes


-Known Issues-
- Light Linker is yet to be supported as we are investigating if we could assign the Octane light IDs internally.
- we are still experiencing issues with Octane nodes working correctly due to what appears to be issued with the version of USD that Houdini is built with.



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Enterprise Subscription Downloads
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2020.2.1.2 Houdini 18.5.499

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Studio Subscription Downloads
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2020.2.1.2 Houdini 18.5.499



Happy GPU Rendering !!

Your team
OTOY
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Re: Octane Hydra | Solaris plug-in 2020.2.1.2 - 04-08 Test

Postby NooBPower » Sat Apr 10, 2021 9:00 pm

NooBPower Sat Apr 10, 2021 9:00 pm
Hi,
I'm struggeling to change the daylight/texture envirnoment. Any sample file that shows different workflows with the envirnoment would be great.
And are render passes supported?
Is there a overview of what is currently possible to do within solaris? can I render sequences? Does motion blur work? Instancing?
I would rather not go through and test every feature
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Re: Octane Hydra | Solaris plug-in 2020.2.1.2 - 04-08 Test

Postby jandress » Tue Apr 13, 2021 11:19 pm

jandress Tue Apr 13, 2021 11:19 pm
Is there any roadmap for a linux release for Solaris?
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Re: Octane Hydra | Solaris plug-in 2020.2.1.2 - 04-08 Test

Postby BK » Thu Apr 15, 2021 5:28 am

BK Thu Apr 15, 2021 5:28 am
NooBPower wrote:Hi,
I'm struggeling to change the daylight/texture envirnoment. Any sample file that shows different workflows with the envirnoment would be great.
And are render passes supported?
Is there a overview of what is currently possible to do within solaris? can I render sequences? Does motion blur work? Instancing?
I would rather not go through and test every feature


Hi NooBPower,

Sorry for the late reply.
Please find the sample file to refer to the OctaneHydraSolaris workflow.
We can create a folder under c:\ drive and name as hdOctaneScenes and as soon as we run the IPR it would export the ORBX file.

Instancing works since the beginning. We would start to work on adding all the Octane features one by one from now.

Sample.zip
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Re: Octane Hydra | Solaris plug-in 2020.2.1.2 - 04-08 Test

Postby BK » Thu Apr 15, 2021 5:31 am

BK Thu Apr 15, 2021 5:31 am
jandress wrote:Is there any roadmap for a linux release for Solaris?


Hi Jandress,

We will check this with our devs and will update you soon!!


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Re: Octane Hydra | Solaris plug-in 2020.2.1.2 - 04-08 Test

Postby heimlich » Thu Apr 29, 2021 12:28 am

heimlich Thu Apr 29, 2021 12:28 am
at which point can we expect a hydra build thats build against the latest octane plugin build ?
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Re: Octane Hydra | Solaris plug-in 2020.2.1.2 - 04-08 Test

Postby BK » Tue May 04, 2021 3:27 am

BK Tue May 04, 2021 3:27 am
heimlich wrote:at which point can we expect a hydra build thats build against the latest octane plugin build ?


Hi Heimlich,

Thanks for the post.
Apology for the delays! We will try to release a new build ASAP!!


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