Octane 3? what happened to June beta realease?

[Rikk The Gaijin]

Yes, but, well, Q1 2016 is when there's a release of CV1 and Vive.
Without Octane content with V3 features, whole Virtual Reality will fail miserably.

Mmm, I don't see the connection... You can make everything you need for VR with Octane 2.x

[ristoraven]

TurbulenceFD - without it I can't blow the roof off.

More crucial than V3 are ORBX viewer 2 + authoring tools & tutorials and the cloud rendering.

[indi_80]

...pause/resume render to disk and not losing samples when network nodes disconnect are planned to be completed in that time frame.

So theoretically it should will be possible to do first render for ex. 1000 samples per frame and dump all frames render samples. Then later ... "over-render" starting each frame from 1000 samples and go up with samples count

[Goldorak]

So theoretically it should will be possible to do first render for ex. 1000 samples per frame and dump all frames render samples. Then later ... "over-render" starting each frame from 1000 samples and go up with samples count

Yes - we have to finalize a file storage format for the film buffer state (and it will be large), but we are working on this. This functionality will be a part of ORC down the line, so you can go back and render more samples for a previous cloud render, if you so choose.

[indi_80]

So this feature will be available only for cloud render?

[DMAEuropa]

The demo is good, but only show case volumetric rendering and does not showcase any of the other features promised, i know this is an early alpha that was used at OCT 2015.


If this still in early development? do we have a long time to wait.

Everyone is waiting for v3, the release should be scheduled for the end of the year, but the Beta is already late, so I wouldn't be surprised if it slips to next year...
For your current or near future projects don't wait for v3, it's not gonna make it on time.

It is never a good idea to plan any project around a version of Octane that is not out of beta, even for 2.x releases.

We are still planning to release 3.0 for the end of this year, assuming we get through alpha and beta without any major surprises during the next few months. Alpha is expected to be ready in the coming 3-4 weeks, with baking support, which opens the door to UE4 and other plug-ins that depend on this feature. Also pause/resume render to disk and not losing samples when network nodes disconnect are planned to be completed in that time frame.

Your right i would never plan my project over software that has not yet been released that is asking for trouble, i think i will stick with C4D built in renderer just for speed, i understand that allot better then octane at the moment
as for as optimization goes anyway.


I guess we just for octane to give us more information
i am looking forward to v3 i think it will changed how people render, i cant see how Maxwell, vray will be able to compete with octanes speed

[Goldorak]

So this feature will be available only for cloud render?

Not just for cloud, It is intended to work for local renders too.

[sethRichardson]

As long as rounded edges gets fixed ill be happy with a end of year release.

[indi_80]

wonderful - it will be great to use with coherent ratio if flicker occurs.

[garytyler]

As long as rounded edges gets fixed ill be happy with a end of year release.

I second this. Please fix rounded edges. Please.