Custom plugin.ini for octane :?

Fri Nov 08, 2013 11:14 pm

Sorry for such a long delay. Had unexpected deadline shift.

Ok. So here's how i have it setup:

I've copied all Octane 3ds Max files to C:\Program Files\OTOY. Folder structure is shown in Picture001.png.
Root folders contain octane.dat, octane.dll and vcomp.dll files. Plugins folders contain Octane3dsmax.dlr.

Then I've created INI file for each Octane for 3ds Max installed and stored them in C:\Program Files\OTOY.

3ds_Max_2014_Octane_118.ini contents are:

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[Directories]
Octane=C:\Program Files\OTOY\Octane_3ds_Max_2014_118\Plugins

3ds_Max_2014_Octane_120.ini contents are:

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[Directories]
Octane=C:\Program Files\OTOY\Octane_3ds_Max_2014_120\Plugins

Then I've created CMD file for each Octane for 3ds Max version installed:

3ds_Max_2014_Octane_118.cmd:

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set PATH=C:\Program Files\OTOY\Octane_3ds_Max_2014_118\Root;%PATH%
call "C:\Program Files\Autodesk\3ds Max 2014\3dsMax.exe" -p "C:\Program Files\OTOY\3ds_Max_2014_Octane_118.ini"

3ds_Max_2014_Octane_120.cmd:

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set PATH=C:\Program Files\OTOY\Octane_3ds_Max_2014_120\Root;%PATH%
call "C:\Program Files\Autodesk\3ds Max 2014\3dsMax.exe" -p "C:\Program Files\OTOY\3ds_Max_2014_Octane_120.ini"

So from now on if you want to use Octane in 3ds Max you need to use appropriate CMD file. Or launch Max the ussual way if Octane is not needed.

Tested on Windows 8 Pro and Windows 8.1 Pro with 3ds Max 2014 SP3. Both machines have UAC off and Admin approval mode is disabled in Security Policy. I don't know if UAC and Admin approval mode affect it but just wanted let you to know