Next release features ??

Mon Mar 16, 2015 5:26 am

Goldorak wrote:Totally apart from VR, there will be a lot for Octane users to discuss here after Tuesday's GTC presentation

Tue Mar 17, 2015 4:15 am

RealityFox wrote:This is cool! Can't wait to see the video. You guys have been really quiet for some time.

The new features I presume will still be in the 2.xx branch? Will this be the announcement of 2.5?

They're teasing Octane 3 on twitter

Tue Mar 17, 2015 7:53 am

Of course, you want more features, give us more money....

Tue Mar 17, 2015 8:15 am

Chris wrote:Of course, you want more features, give us more money....

It basically comes down to this - how much can we squeeze out of the 2.x cycle before we have to break things and do major re-architecting which may disrupt users? It's a fine line, but I think we're going at it this the right way. We delivered on every feature we promised in the 2.x cycle in under 12 months. Some were never a sure thing (OOC textures for example), and some were added at the tail end because it was clear they were too important to leave out in the short term (multi-UVs). Now it's time for 2.x to focus on stability and performance, and become rock solid without any further breaking changes.

With that said I hope everyone will like what we're going to show tomorrow. The OR team has done absolutely amazing work. Can't wait for you all to see it

Tue Mar 17, 2015 8:50 am

Goldorak wrote:
Chris wrote:Of course, you want more features, give us more money....
It basically comes down to this - how much can we squeeze out of the 2.x cycle before we have to break things and do major re-architecting which may disrupt users? It's a fine line, but I think we're going at it this the right way. We delivered on every feature we promised in the 2.x cycle in under 12 months. Some were never a sure thing (OOC textures for example), and some were added at the tail end because it was clear they were too important to leave out in the short term (multi-UVs). Now it's time for 2.x to focus on stability and performance, and become rock solid without any further breaking changes.

With that said I hope everyone will like what we're going to show tomorrow. The OR team has done absolutely amazing work. Can't wait for you all to see it

Is there any live coverage from GDC?

Tue Mar 17, 2015 9:02 am

smicha wrote: Is there any live coverage from GDC?

official stream will be here http://www.ustream.tv/channel/gpu-techn ... rence-2015
but it's not much planed for streams now =) hope we'll get to see at least recorded piece.

Tue Mar 17, 2015 9:52 am

glimpse wrote:
smicha wrote: Is there any live coverage from GDC?
official stream will be here http://www.ustream.tv/channel/gpu-techn ... rence-2015
but it's not much planed for streams now =) hope we'll get to see at least recorded piece.

Thanks Tom for the link.

Tue Mar 17, 2015 10:06 am

smicha wrote:Is there any live coverage from GDC?

GDC was last week, what you want is GTC.

Tue Mar 17, 2015 10:09 am

Rikk The Gaijin wrote:
smicha wrote:Is there any live coverage from GDC?
GDC was last week, what you want is GTC.

That's right

Tue Mar 17, 2015 10:25 pm

Goldorak wrote:It basically comes down to this - how much can we squeeze out of the 2.x cycle before we have to break things and do major re-architecting which may disrupt users? It's a fine line, but I think we're going at it this the right way.

I agree with this. We definitely need stability and to have the current feature-set work as it should. I'm more than happy to pay for octane to be further developed and in return receive more features, cause at the end of the day it makes my life easier.

That said, I payed for 2.x roughly two months ago, and I hope octane will at least have some of the more urgent issues fixed before I drop crash on an update. Of course, I'll still pay even if the basic stuff hasn't been fixed, but I won't be happy about it! lol

Mainly, I'm hoping to see the following in 2.x (I'm really new to octane so maybe there are more important fixes, but this is something that just has to work for it to be used in production):

1. Fix some glitches like motion-blur not rendering on the info passes, rendering freezing when you set the Kernel to a really low amount etc.
2. Fix the render layer/layer masks info pass opacity clipping glitch.
3. A way to render in one go Render Layer together with Layer Masks to one multi-pass file. And while I realize this might seem strange to some, it's actually really simple in theory. Sometimes you NEED the awesomeness and clean edges of Render Layer to isolate a group of objects. But you still need some type of object buffer/black and white matte (layer masks) for selecting/manipulating individual objects in the group of objects in after effects/nuke etc. Either this, or as mentioned before, proper material/object ID's, where you have control over the colors.

Also, this might be asking too much for 2.x, and definitely not needed to use octane in production, but deep compositing would be greatly appreciated! Hopefully this will be in the GTC presentation