OctaneRender® 2022.1 XB 0 Tweet

[JPeg]

I've been testing the new Standard Surface material and I really like it! The option for "Depth" under Transmission is extremely helpful to get some looks I've been unable to create with the Universal Material. However I've also been trying to use it with caustics and the photon kernel, but as soon as the depth is >0 the caustics get disabled, is there plans on supporting the 2 functions at the same time with later releases?

[john_otoy]

I've been testing the new Standard Surface material and I really like it! The option for "Depth" under Transmission is extremely helpful to get some looks I've been unable to create with the Universal Material. However I've also been trying to use it with caustics and the photon kernel, but as soon as the depth is >0 the caustics get disabled, is there plans on supporting the 2 functions at the same time with later releases?

Yes, this will be fixed in a future build.

[Kalua]

Out of the box:
Same scene has very different looks when opened in OC 2021 and OC 2022. Refer to images.
Regards,

[john_otoy]

Out of the box:
Same scene has very different looks when opened in OC 2021 and OC 2022. Refer to images.
Regards,

Can you PM me the scene so we can take a look at it? Thank you.

[Kalua]

Out of the box:
Same scene has very different looks when opened in OC 2021 and OC 2022. Refer to images.
Regards,

Can you PM me the scene so we can take a look at it? Thank you.

I sent you trough PM.
Rergards,

[noldo]

Out of the box:
Same scene has very different looks when opened in OC 2021 and OC 2022. Refer to images.
Regards,

FBX model I suppose.
Try to toggle "Load vertex normal", is buggy.

[renderingz]

Will support for instance attributes be added in this version?

Instance color maps can be used to store an arbitrary number of instance attributes, in some ways this is superior to having a limited set of attributes built in the instances. Maybe what's needed is more tools to generate and consume these maps.

Could you elaborate on this, specifically in the context of Houdini? The current workflow for using instance attributes in shader is very cumbersome and not at all user friendly.

[Kalua]

Out of the box:
Same scene has very different looks when opened in OC 2021 and OC 2022. Refer to images.
Regards,

FBX model I suppose.
Try to toggle "Load vertex normal", is buggy.

Thank you, noldo.
But it is a no go. Toggling "load vertex normal" didn't help - same faulty result.
It is an .orbx file.
Regards,

[nuno1980]

Still no next XB for almost 3 months...

[Despot]

Still no next XB for almost 3 months...

Again it looks like Octane is falling into development hell like it did years ago...