Need help for workflow / licencing please!

[Aselert]

Hello everybody,

I need some answers for my design agency...
Because, sorry, its a little bit the blur for me (between updates, plugins...). I'm explaining the context:

We use C4D R16 and need Octane 2.24 licenses plugin
We already have 5 old Octane Standalone licenses (1.55), but not used since a while!
We have 2 Workstation and a Renderfarm composed by 3 towers (so 3 PCs).

Questions:

What need we exactly to work correctly? I mean to have a full fonctionnal system (C4D + Octane plugin) for working and rendering?
As I understood, from 1.55 to 2.24 cost 99€ for each license. Ok. And for the plugin? Is it 199€ for each? And the same for the renderfarm?
Or rendernodes standalone/plugin exist?

Thank you very much for the help!!

Nico

[aoktar]

yes correct I think. Anyway better to ask to support of Otoy.

[Aselert]

Thank you

This is what I've done, but still waiting an answer...!!

[win]

Hi Aselert
In response to your post

We use C4D R16 and need Octane 2.24 licenses plugin
We already have 5 old Octane Standalone licenses (1.55), but not used since a while!
We have 2 Workstation and a Renderfarm composed by 3 towers (so 3 PCs).
Questions:
What need we exactly to work correctly? I mean to have a full fonctionnal system (C4D + Octane plugin) for working and rendering?
As I understood, from 1.55 to 2.24 cost 99€ for each license. Ok. And for the plugin? Is it 199€ for each? And the same for the renderfarm?
Or rendernodes standalone/plugin exist?

OctaneRender upgrades from 1.x to 2.x are EUR99 each.
C4D plugin upgrades from 1.x to 2.x are EUR39 each.
To user 'other' PC's in your network for network rendering, you will need an OctaneRender license for each that you wish to user for rendering.
If you want to use C4D on any of these 'other' computers, then you will need a C4D plugin license for each that you wish to use for C4D.
You can purchase the upgrades from the 'Shop' page on the Octane website, and scroll down the page to the 'Upgrade from 1.x' button. You will need to login, and then the page will display what licenses are available for upgrade.
If you would like more help, please email the Octane support team here https://home.otoy.com/get-support/
Kind regards, Win

[Aselert]

Thank you for the reply Win !!

But to fully understand...

OctaneRender upgrades from 1.x to 2.x are EUR99 each.
OK

C4D plugin upgrades from 1.x to 2.x are EUR39 each.
I've no plugin yet, only standalone 1.xx. So the price to get C4D plugin is? 199€?

To user 'other' PC's in your network for network rendering, you will need an OctaneRender license for each that you wish to user for rendering.
OK

If you want to use C4D on any of these 'other' computers, then you will need a C4D plugin license for each that you wish to use for C4D.
I will use it only as renderslave, no workstation, but send from C4D+Octane plugin. So need I other Octane plugin licences (C4D) too, with the standalone version?

Thank you very much again!

Nicolas

[bepeg4d]

If you want to use C4D on any of these 'other' computers, then you will need a C4D plugin license for each that you wish to use for C4D.
I will use it only as renderslave, no workstation, but send from C4D+Octane plugin. So need I other Octane plugin licences (C4D) too, with the standalone version?

Thank you very much again!

Nicolas

If you use C4d team render, you need an extra c4d licence + standalone for every node, if you use octane net render, you need only a standalone license for every slave
ciao beppe

[Aselert]

Thank you again for the help but it's still no clear for me...

What the difference between having Octane Net Render + C4D Team Render? And having the same... +Octane C4D plugin?
In other words, what can I do with Octane C4D plugin that I can't do with Octane Net Render + C4D Team Render...?

Because I will have C4D Team Render installed in each render node... And Octane standalone + Net Render too. So my final is question is, should I need Octane C4D Plugin too?

Sorry to ask all this questions but I really need to know before buying -or not- plugin licenses...

Thank you very much!!!

[aoktar]

Thank you again for the help but it's still no clear for me...

What the difference between having Octane Net Render and C4D Team Render? And having both?
In other words, what can I do with Octane Net Render that I can't do with C4D Team Render...?

Because I will have C4D Team Render installed in each render node... And my final is question is, should I need Octane Net Render too?

Sorry to ask all this questions but I really need to know before buying -or not- licenses!

Thank you very much!!!

Octane Net Render is own network renderer and works as distributed rendering. So all gpus which are on other machines acts like in your master PC. You can use all gpus for animations or single frames in Picture viewer or Live Viewer. Imagine that you would have 12 gpu on one case. That's it. Also it can work with standalone softwares on client machines. So no need to have also plugin license in clients.
But C4D's network render systems require having SA+plugin licenses. Because they can't work without running C4D.

[Aselert]

So... to sum up, I will need the Octane's C4D plugin in each machine I'm using for net rendering, right?

Many thanks

[bepeg4d]

You need a c4doctane + standalone licence for every machine if you use team render.
You only need a standalone licence for every machine and a c4doctane licence for the master only if you use the native octane net rendering feature
Now is more clear?
ciao beppe