Octane Solaris plugin 2021.1.0.4 - 11-08-21 [OBSOLETE]

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Octane Solaris plugin 2021.1.0.4 - 11-08-21 [OBSOLETE]

Postby BK » Tue Nov 09, 2021 3:39 am

BK Tue Nov 09, 2021 3:39 am
Dear Octane community,

OTOY® is proud to announce the availability of the new DCC plugin OctaneRender for Solaris V2021.1 - for Houdini 18.5.696.

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.

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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 launching 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

New features
To learn more about the new features and improvements of OctaneRender 2021.1, please check out the 2021.1 release post


- Changes since 2021.1.0.4 - 10-30-21 [Test]-


  • Added Octane 2021.1 UI in Render settings node
  • Fixed Composite node bug


-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.
However, the usual Octane light linking works as expected.


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Enterprise Subscription Downloads
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2021.1 Houdini 18.5.696

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Studio Subscription Downloads
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2021.1 Houdini 18.5.696

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Demo build Download
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2021.1 Houdini 18.5.696




Happy GPU Rendering !!



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OTOY
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Re: Octane Solaris plugin 2021.1.0.4 - 11-08-21 [Test]

Postby rohandalvi » Tue Nov 09, 2021 5:48 am

rohandalvi Tue Nov 09, 2021 5:48 am
Hi,

I was trying it out. The material updates are very slow. Everytime I change a material parameter it takes a few seconds to update in the viewport. Also, post processing isn't working.

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Re: Octane Solaris plugin 2021.1.0.4 - 11-08-21 [Test]

Postby snakeboxmedia » Tue Nov 09, 2021 6:05 am

snakeboxmedia Tue Nov 09, 2021 6:05 am
Great to see a 2021.1 build but... a H19 compile is needed, so much has changed since 18.5 no one in their right mind is going to attempt to use solaris without moving to H19 as well.

Also, does this contain the latest non-solaris build plugin for houdini? can we get those two to line up please? this split where one is 5 weeks behind the other is so silly. I don't care if you have to delay the release of the normal plugin so it can line up with the solaris version.

So... once again... I will wait....
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Re: Octane Solaris plugin 2021.1.0.4 - 11-08-21 [Test]

Postby BK » Tue Nov 09, 2021 9:51 pm

BK Tue Nov 09, 2021 9:51 pm
rohandalvi wrote:Hi,

I was trying it out. The material updates are very slow. Everytime I change a material parameter it takes a few seconds to update in the viewport. Also, post processing isn't working.

regards
Rohan


Hi Rohan,

Thank you so much for your feedback. Really appreciate it.
Yep, the speed is a little slow in Solari's viewport render maybe it is hydra delegate.
We can compare it with the Octane render viewport, please enable the "Show Octane Viewport".
Increasing the Subsampling to max could help for now!

The PP seems to be working on our test. Would you please share a sample scene for us to check on our side?

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Re: Octane Solaris plugin 2021.1.0.4 - 11-08-21 [Test]

Postby BK » Tue Nov 09, 2021 10:18 pm

BK Tue Nov 09, 2021 10:18 pm
snakeboxmedia wrote:Great to see a 2021.1 build but... a H19 compile is needed, so much has changed since 18.5 no one in their right mind is going to attempt to use solaris without moving to H19 as well.

Also, does this contain the latest non-solaris build plugin for houdini? can we get those two to line up please? this split where one is 5 weeks behind the other is so silly. I don't care if you have to delay the release of the normal plugin so it can line up with the solaris version.

So... once again... I will wait....



Hiya,

Thanks for the post.
We would do a quick release of H19 build as soon as SideFx fixes the issue.
We tried the daily build Houdini 19.0.431 but it keeps crashing with the release build.

Yes, OctaneSolaris contains the latest non-Solaris/main OctaneRender for the Houdini plugin, so no need to switch if you are using the Houdini 18.5.696.
Totally agree! We plan to line up as soon as Solaris and OctaneSolaris are stable.
We merge our main plugins so OctaneSolaris plugin releases will be a few days behind!

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Re: Octane Solaris plugin 2021.1.0.4 - 11-08-21 [Test]

Postby heimlich » Sat Nov 13, 2021 4:37 am

heimlich Sat Nov 13, 2021 4:37 am
could you let us know what the issue is ?... it seems the issue is not present for any of the other 3rd party delegates.. arnold, redshift, vray, renderman all seem to not have that issue as they work fine.
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Re: Octane Solaris plugin 2021.1.0.4 - 11-08-21 [Test]

Postby BK » Sun Nov 14, 2021 9:27 pm

BK Sun Nov 14, 2021 9:27 pm
heimlich wrote:could you let us know what the issue is ?... it seems the issue is not present for any of the other 3rd party delegates.. arnold, redshift, vray, renderman all seem to not have that issue as they work fine.


Hi Heimlich,

Thanks for the follow-up!
OctaneSolaris release builds for H19 crashes with Houdini 19.5.383 and H19.0.431(SideFX daily build).
However, the debug builds on our devs machine work fine.
We will update further info as soon as we hear back from SideFX devs!

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Re: Octane Solaris plugin 2021.1.0.4 - 11-08-21 [Test]

Postby snakeboxmedia » Tue Dec 07, 2021 2:01 pm

snakeboxmedia Tue Dec 07, 2021 2:01 pm
Checking back in here to see if there is any news on this? can we expect a new build soon or what is happening? Thanks
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Re: Octane Solaris plugin 2021.1.0.4 - 11-08-21 [Test]

Postby heimlich » Wed Dec 08, 2021 4:14 am

heimlich Wed Dec 08, 2021 4:14 am
as much as we'd like to stay in octane, i think otoy is sorta telling us to move elsewhere... because, none of the other renders, NONE of them.. seem to be prone to this mystery bug, as they all have hydra builds...maybe for Houdini 20...
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Re: Octane Solaris plugin 2021.1.0.4 - 11-08-21 [Test]

Postby BK » Wed Dec 08, 2021 5:05 am

BK Wed Dec 08, 2021 5:05 am
snakeboxmedia wrote:Checking back in here to see if there is any news on this? can we expect a new build soon or what is happening? Thanks


Hello,

Thanks for the post.
We have just released a new build [https://render.otoy.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=141&t=78868] with the sync issue fixed when using usda file.
Thanks to SideFX devs for their help!

They have also confirmed the H19 crash started to happen as they have upgraded H19 to USD to 20.08.

We will update you as soon as they get back to us!

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