Refractive Software® is proud to announce the availability of the fifth intermediate octanelive® testing release. (aka pre-2.3 v5)
This release is for PC's running MS Windows (x64), linux (x64) and Mac OS X (32). An MS Windows build for 32 bit will follow on monday.
This release is therefore recommended to be used for any professional applications where time is crucial, use at your own risk. For critical work, please use 2.2b stable.
Please note also this version will need you to enter your OctaneLive® account and password. These can be found as explained here:
viewtopic.php?f=24&t=3095
New Features and fixes since pre-2.3 v4
Here is a little example with images and tutorial on how to use the new firefly removal feature effectively here:
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The next v6 release will include the new render algorithm we've developed and will make the firefly removal system obsolete, but it might still be handy for certain situations.
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- Documentation: A brand new PDF manual, completely redesigned from scratch, over 120 pages, with widescreen layout, and easy chapters/bookmark links (please use with acrobat reader)
- Hotpixel/Firefly removal for the imager, to get rid of fireflies in real-time when tonemapping/rendering with a sensitivity slider. (it's a new slider in the camera tonemapper options)
- Roughness option for specular materials, to render rough/glossy glass, like a sanded or milky looking glass.
- Mix material to blend between two materials.
- Improvements to glossy material, to solve dark edges (energy loss) problem.
- Improvements for emitters to reduce noise when nearby other surfaces.
- Many more improvements to increase convergence with less noise hotpixels/fireflies. (eg, the image noise clears up faster)
- Stability fixes for drag & drop from the outliner.
- Stability fixes for working with multiple GPU's.
- Fix incorrect sun position in daylight environment.
- Fix crash when trying to override object import preferences.
- Fix multiplier key not working.
- Fix original zoom direction for zoom with the mouse wheel.
- Fix images embed when saving file that uses macros with embedded texture.
- Fix a problem loading .ocs with saved material macro and texture.
- Fix a problem saving .ocs with embedded images.
- Fix duplicate nodes being created when loading object with nodes connect to material.
- Fix problem where unitinialized macro's could be created.
[/b]How to connect to OctaneLive® through a firewall/router[/b]
If you have a firewall/router, and you cannot log into the octanelive® service (eg, the server cannot be contacted), configure your firewall or router to allow outbound connections to the URL named 'live1.refractivesoftware.com'.
No new drivers are needed for this release, it uses the same drivers/toolkits as the previous pre Beta 2.3 v4 release
Download
MS Windows
ZIP file archives:
32bit: http://www.refractivesoftware.com/rcdow ... _win32.zip ( 33 MB)
64bit: http://www.refractivesoftware.com/rcdow ... in_x64.zip ( 35 MB)
GNU/Linux
gzipped/tar archives:
64bit: http://www.refractivesoftware.com/rcdow ... ux_x64.tgz ( 36 MB)
Apple Mac OS X (10.5/6)
Installer package:
32bit: http://www.refractivesoftware.com/rcdow ... s_x_32.pkg ( 38 MB)
Please post your experiences and issues with this release in this thread.
Your help is much appreciated.
Yours,
The OctaneRender® Team.
