OctaneRender for DAZ Studio 2023.1.2 - 401 [STABLE] Tweet

[PDivision1]

This is the recommended thread for downloading, and posting any questions, suggestions or support queries for OctaneRender for DAZ Studio - TEST (ie. pre-release) and STABLE releases.

SOLUTIONS TO COMMON ISSUES

1) Make sure your NVIDIA drivers are up to date.

2) Make sure you are running the latest version of the OctaneRender for DAZStudio plugin.

3) If you experience a DAZStudio crash - deleting C:\Users\[username]\OctaneRender\Data\OctaneRender_settings.oczdb may resolve the issue.
This also resolves the "COULD NOT INITIALISE IN-MEMORY DB!" error on startup and a number of other issues.

4) If the Save button is disabled when using the Final button - disable the Final button and in Render settings select the SuperScope (2:1) Size / aspect ratio and drag the Viewport height or width until you reach required resolution.

5) If rendering an animation fails after 11 frames - make sure the DAZStudio viewport is visible when you render the animation.

6) If Octane materials are not loading when you load a previously saved scene - tick Preferences->Load OctaneRender materials from .duf user presets. If ticking this option does not stick between DAZStudio restarts, delete OctaneRender_settings.oczdb as per NOTE 3 above.

7) If you get a "Could not save a frame for X times!" - please search the forum for potential solutions.

8) If you get a "Bogus Scene Path" error - this is due to having an apostrophe in the filepath of a texturemap (so store your textures in foldernames which do not have apostrophes).

9) Octane panel title bar is off the screen and cannot be closed - click anywhere on the Octane panel and then press Alt-F4.

10) Rendering animation results in the scene emitter intensities changing - this is because rendering animations is done in "Final" mode, where meshes are merged. To resolve this, UNTICK the Preferences->Use Combined Mesh, or ENABLE the Surface Brightness pin on each of the emission materials in the scene.

11) Denoiser is not working - make sure you have a graphics card selected for Denoising in the System tab->Open Device Settings window, and that you are using the Path Tracing kernel.

12) Render artifacts near eyebrows - this is due to the eyebrow geometry going inside the head mesh surface. So morph, move or scale the eyebrows so they do not intersect with the head mesh.

13) Octane panes do not appear on the screen (ie. they open off the screen) - Main Menu Bar->Window->Workspace->Select Layout->Accept (you might choose a different layout to the current layout to make this work).


KNOWN ISSUES AWAITING RESOLUTION

1) Panoramic camera and OSL nodes are not currently supported.
2) Templating is not currently working for specular and roughness maps from Iray materials. - FIXED (please report any issues)
3) UDIM Tiles are not currently supported. - FIXED (please report any issues)
4) Some of the newer OctaneRender material and texture types are not supported. - FIXED (please report any issues)
5) VDB volume and volumetric spotlight nodes are not currently supported.

DAZ Studio Version
DAZ Studio 4.8 or later on Windows 8, 10 or 11 64bit

To use this version, you need a GPU of compute model 3.5 or higher.
Also, make sure you use an Nvidia Studio driver of version 456.38 or higher.

Network Rendering

For Network Rendering, you must use the OctaneRender Studio+ Node release from the Octane Standalone forums/download page which matches the exact Octane version of the plugin you are using. This version matches OctaneRender Studio+ 2023.1.2 Render Node builds.

Support Issues
If you have a support issue, pls provide the following information:
- Operating System (ie. Win 8, 10, 11)
- Amount of RAM
- Graphics Card(s) - model (ie. GTX 580, 3GB)
- Nvidia driver version
- DAZ Studio version
- OctaneRender for DAZ Studio version (e.g. 2023.1.2_401) and subscription type (Studio+/Prime)

- The most important part of resolving a problem is being able to reproduce that problem. So pls provide as much detail as possible in order for me to do this, and if the problem is specific to the scene, send me the scene.

What's new in OctaneRender for DAZ Studio 2023.1.2 - 401

• Octane Render SDK 2023.1.2
• DAZ light sources now work in the Octane Render. It applies to distant, spot and point lights. Linear point light is the same as point light. You can choose between analytic/regular octane light inside DAZ point light properties. Analytic point light supports all the DAZ light shapes, while regular point lights only support quad and sphere shapes.
• DAZ light now show up in the Scene Surfaces and you can link emission materials to the lights.
  NOTE: emission material must have emission node expanded for the analytic lights to work. Plugin can expand it automatically when linking materials. Also, emission materials now created with the emission node expanded.
• New octane postprocessing stuff including post volumes effects from analytic lights.
• Added editor for compatibility version for nodes that have it
• tiff and jpeg save image formats
• Added emission materials to the "new material" dropdown

FAQ
Q: How to change light brightness/color?
A: You need to assign a material to the light and adjust the emission of the material. You can do it either by dragging a material to the light in the Materials tab (similar to assigning materials to geometry) or by right clicking on the light and selecting menu item under "Create as new light source".


Q: How do I enable analytic light?
A: Create a point light (or linear point light, they are the same). Then turn on "use analytic light" in the OctaneRender settings.


Q: I selected "rectangle" light geometry, but light didn't change
A: "rectangle", "disc" and "cylinder" geometries are only supported for analytic lights

Q: I assigned emission material to the light, but it's still not visible
A: If the light is analytic, make sure the emission node is expanded (i.e. is a separate node, connected to emission pin). It's required for analytic lights to work.


Q: How to make light beams work?
A: 1) Set the light to be analytic, rectangle or disc shape, enable "use in post volume".
2) In render settings enable post processing and light beams


Download Links

For users with a Studio+ subscription license

- OctaneRender for DAZ Studio 2023.1.2 - 401

For users with a Prime/Free Tier license

- OctaneRender for DAZ Studio 2023.1.2 - 401

Please feel free to report any issues you encounter.



Happy rendering
Your OTOY team

[gaazsi]

good work! i just wonder if the materials tab bug will ever be fixed?

[frewinhu]

Thank you so much for continuing support and development for this plugin! I cannot emphasize this enough, but there is a sizable community using the octane plugin for daz, albeit quiet. But there is a lot of us.

[sudisk]

When I add a secondary point light, and set it to analytic too, it doesn't show on the viewport.

Is there any specific operation that I missed ?

[PDivision1]

When I add a secondary point light, and set it to analytic too, it doesn't show on the viewport.

Is there any specific operation that I missed ?

Could you please provide the exact steps how you create/setup the first and the second light?

[sudisk]

When I add a secondary point light, and set it to analytic too, it doesn't show on the viewport.

Is there any specific operation that I missed ?

Could you please provide the exact steps how you create/setup the first and the second light?

I think I found a way to reproduce the steps.

1. Create two point lights and a plane (I set mine to roughness=1)
2. Set the Light Geometry to Disc (I didn't test any other)
3. For the first light, in the Octane tab, right-click the light surface and create a new light source
4. For the second light, copy the first light shader and assign it to it : The second light turns off
5. Still on the second light, create a new light source : The second light shows correctly

I hope it helps.

[PDivision1]

When I add a secondary point light, and set it to analytic too, it doesn't show on the viewport.

Is there any specific operation that I missed ?

Could you please provide the exact steps how you create/setup the first and the second light?

I think I found a way to reproduce the steps.

1. Create two point lights and a plane (I set mine to roughness=1)
2. Set the Light Geometry to Disc (I didn't test any other)
3. For the first light, in the Octane tab, right-click the light surface and create a new light source
4. For the second light, copy the first light shader and assign it to it : The second light turns off
5. Still on the second light, create a new light source : The second light shows correctly

I hope it helps.

Thank you for the repro steps! Though I can't seem to reproduce it: the light still shows up when I copy it by "Copy as new material" and assign to the 2nd light (see the attached image).

How exactly do you copy the first light shader?

[gaazsi]

materials tab still not working properly...

[sudisk]

I think I found a way to reproduce the steps.

1. Create two point lights and a plane (I set mine to roughness=1)
2. Set the Light Geometry to Disc (I didn't test any other)
3. For the first light, in the Octane tab, right-click the light surface and create a new light source
4. For the second light, copy the first light shader and assign it to it : The second light turns off
5. Still on the second light, create a new light source : The second light shows correctly

I hope it helps.

Thank you for the repro steps! Though I can't seem to reproduce it: the light still shows up when I copy it by "Copy as new material" and assign to the 2nd light (see the attached image).

How exactly do you copy the first light shader?

I just right-clicked on the emitter and copied as new material, just like in your image. I can even reproduce the behavior with a single light, just set it to disc/rectangle, activate analytic light and create the simple light source and copy it.

UPDATE : in the copied light shader, if I disconnect and reconnect the emitter node to the material node, the analytic light displays correctly.

[PDivision1]

I think I found a way to reproduce the steps.

1. Create two point lights and a plane (I set mine to roughness=1)
2. Set the Light Geometry to Disc (I didn't test any other)
3. For the first light, in the Octane tab, right-click the light surface and create a new light source
4. For the second light, copy the first light shader and assign it to it : The second light turns off
5. Still on the second light, create a new light source : The second light shows correctly

I hope it helps.

Thank you for the repro steps! Though I can't seem to reproduce it: the light still shows up when I copy it by "Copy as new material" and assign to the 2nd light (see the attached image).

How exactly do you copy the first light shader?

I just right-clicked on the emitter and copied as new material, just like in your image. I can even reproduce the behavior with a single light, just set it to disc/rectangle, activate analytic light and create the simple light source and copy it.

UPDATE : in the copied light shader, if I disconnect and reconnect the emitter node to the material node, the analytic light displays correctly.

I was able to repro, will look into it. Thanks for reporting!