[SOLVED] Does Octane X work with C4D? Tweet

[BenKenobi]

Hi There,

New to Octane and C4D and have valid subs for both however, no matter what I do, I can't get Octane to show up in C4D.

This is the guide I've been following:
https://help.otoy.com/hc/en-us/articles ... tion-Guide

So far I've...

• Subscribed to Octane Studio
• Downloaded standalone and C4D plugins
• Installed and licensed standalone
• Created a plugins folder at the top-level of the C4D folder
• Copied the <C4D-OctaneX-Studio-PR11> folder into Cinema 4D > Plugins folder
• Removed older plugin files leaving c4doctane-R20.xlib (plus liboctane.dylib, octane.dat & res)
• Launched C4D, quit because of MC OSX security
• Allowed Octane in System Prefs > Security
• Launched C4D

Because I'm a subscriber, I'm on the latest versions of C4D (R25) and Octane X and am on Mac OSX 11.4 on a MacBook Pro with AMD 5600M 8GB card.

Any help would be much appreciated.

Cheers

Ben

[BenKenobi]

Have also tried S24, but the same issue.

However, the user guide states to be on the latest versions of C4D so not sure if that's the problem?

Any pointers in the right direction much appreciated.

Cheers

[BenKenobi]

Have also tried all C4D versions in my Maxon account from R25 down to R21 so pretty sure it's not the C4D version.

[bepeg4d]

Hi Ben,
C4D R25 is not supported under Big Sur yet, please use R21, S22. R23, or S24 for now.

For a correct installation of c4doctane plugin, firstly you need to update your Maxon C4D to the latest build, (R20.057, R21.155, S22.118, R23.110, S24.111), or the plugin will not be correctly loaded, please go to c4d menu Help/Check for updates.

Note that you always need to remove from the c4doctane folder, all the unnecessary c4doctane-R2X.xdlib files not related with R2X specific version, and leave only one c4doctane-R2X.xdlib file in ../plugins/c4doctane directory.

For C4D S24, you need to keep the R23.xdlib file, and remove the other .xdlib unused files.

You also need to allow the c4doctane plugin and library in System Preferences/Security and Privacy panel, and restart C4D a couple of times.


After installation, please, go to c4d menu Extensions/Console, (Shift+F10), and share a complete screenshot of the panel, thanks.
Please, also share a screenshot like this one, that shows both the c4doctane directory opened, and the entire installation path, thanks:


Please, also completely disable the Intel GPU in Octane Settings/Devices panel, also for Tonemap, if present, and render only with AMD GPU for now.
You need to go to c4doctane Settings Devices panel, and disable all the checkboxes for the Intel GPU:
https://otoy.zendesk.com/attachments/to ... DBFA6.jpeg

ciao Beppe

[BenKenobi]

Thank you! Got it working with R24 using the R23 plugin. Sorry for that.

Cheers

[cjadams]

what you might consider doing is duplicating the R23 plug-in file and renaming it as S24 in your releases .....even if it is the exact same file as the R23 it'll be less confusing for users