Octane Solaris plugin 2020.2.5.0 - 10-13-21 [OBSOLETE] Tweet

[BK]

Dear Octane community,

OTOY® is proud to announce the availability of the new DCC plugin OctaneRender for Solaris V2020.2.5 - for Houdini 18.5.633.

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

What is OctaneRender for Solaris?
The OctaneRender for 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.





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 2020.2.5.0 - 10-13-21 [Test]-

• Fixed USD point instancers
• Fixed skinned character
• Fixed Octane node material update
• Support Gradient ramp interpolation

-Known Issues-
- Octane Color response is disabled because Hydra buffer expects linear output
- Light Linker is yet to be supported as we are investigating if we could assign the Octane light IDs internally.




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Enterprise Subscription Downloads
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OctaneX PR11 Houdini 18.5.596

2020.2.5.0 Houdini 18.5.633

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Studio Subscription Downloads
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OctaneX PR11 Houdini 18.5.596

2020.2.5.0 Houdini 18.5.633

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Demo build Download
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2020.2.5.0 Houdini 18.5.633





Happy GPU Rendering !!

Your team
OTOY

[rohandalvi]

Hi,

Now that octane 2021 is production ready, will we be getting a 2021 version of the Solaris plugin?

Regards
Rohan

[snakeboxmedia]

Yes please, can we get the solaris plugin to run along side the normal plugin in versions and houdini versions? this off set stuff you guys are doing is the most retarded thing ever, no one is going to swap octane and houdini versions based on whether they need to use one or the other. Please sort this out, like... just try to use it yourself... currently it makes 0 sense and its just a horrible experience. bundle them!

Good.... thanks...

[BK]

Hi,

Now that octane 2021 is production ready, will we be getting a 2021 version of the Solaris plugin?

Regards
Rohan

Hi Rohan,

Apology for the late response.
Yes, here is the new release (viewtopic.php?f=141&t=78656).
Few new UI is yet to be added in the Kernels, will add them in the next build

Please let us know your feedback

cheers

[BK]

Yes please, can we get the solaris plugin to run along side the normal plugin in versions and houdini versions? this off set stuff you guys are doing is the most retarded thing ever, no one is going to swap octane and houdini versions based on whether they need to use one or the other. Please sort this out, like... just try to use it yourself... currently it makes 0 sense and its just a horrible experience. bundle them!

Good.... thanks...

Hi Snakeboxmedia,

Thanks for the post.
here is the quick build with Octane 2021.1 stable engine viewtopic.php?f=141&t=78656

Octane Solaris build has been running alongside the normal plugin since the first release. Please give it a go and see if it works
Once stable we would release all the Houdini versions like our main plugin!

cheers