Can't render, 'waiting for image'

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lucky
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Joined: Sun Mar 08, 2015 10:09 pm

Hi, I just installed the demo version for blender. I wanted to test if octane is faster then cycles for interior scenes. But I can't get it to render. It just says 'waiting for image' and then nothing happens. I have a 560M card. Any tips?
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hellguy
OctaneRender Team
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Joined: Sun Dec 07, 2014 8:58 pm

Hi lucky,

Have you downloaded and installed the OctaneRender Server?
http://render.otoy.com/downloads.php

Blender requires that the OctaneRender Server is installed and running to render,
as this is the "render server" that Blender communicates with to do the rendering.
lucky
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Joined: Sun Mar 08, 2015 10:09 pm

Hi hellguy

I did install the server. It's active in the systemtray, so it must be running.
I did the following steps.
1 installed the server
2 installed octane for blender
3 started the server
4 started octane for blender
5 activated the addon in preferences
6 changed the renderengine to octane
7 changed the resolution to 500x500
8 clicked render
9 got the message 'waiting for image'
Did I forgot something?
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hellguy
OctaneRender Team
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Could you open the system console, and then attempt to render?
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Once you have, screenshot the log and post it here.
lucky
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Joined: Sun Mar 08, 2015 10:09 pm

Okay, don't know what I did different this time but now it does render. :oops: Thanks anyway for your time.
keanevicy
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Joined: Sun May 02, 2021 2:17 pm

so I have been installing octane render on blender, and when i use viewport rendered, it rendering | waiting for image... forever can someone help me :(

by the way, I use i7 6700K, RAM 16 GB, GPU 1050ti 4GB

And if anyone else has something constructive to add, please do. ;)
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