Scatter On Surface Confusion Tweet

[Andreas_Resch]

I was just fooling around with Scatter On Surface and there's something that's a bit odd. Not sure if it's a bug or something that I don't understand yet. I've recorded a video here ... http://www.argfx.at/upload/Octane_ScatterOnSurface_01.mp4

As you can see, when I duplicate a surface with scattered objects and then disconnect the Scatter node from the Material Output node, it's still being rendered. That shouldn't be the case, right? Why would there be an input socket in the Material Output node then, anyway?Maybe someone can explain that.

Also the fact that the objects aren't instantly displayed when you connect the Scatter node to the Material Output node, is confusing. I had to search for a tutorial video on Youtube to learn that you also need to set some settings in the Object panel. This is am instant road block for new users and should be thought about for convenience. One more settings that slaps an additional "weird" label on Octane. And we have a bunch of those already.

[linograndiotoy]

I'm waiting for a small fix to scatter before making a video about it.
It will answer several questions.