OctaneRender for Modo (OS X) 2.24.2 [STABLE]

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I thought there was an issue with the OSX version of Modo where the statistics panel would not update unless you moved the mouse. Is that causing hat you are seeing? Regardless, I am in the middle of a big revamp of the UI, so statistics will be reported in a different fashion in the next major release - so this issue will be resolved then.

Paul

Just wondering, Paul. Will the next big release of the plugin with UI overhaul require the (yet unreleased) MODO 901?

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Will the next big release of the plugin with UI overhaul require the (yet unreleased) MODO 901?

I will provide details of the UI overhaul in a few weeks time.

Paul

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I have changed this thread to be for the STABLE release of the OSX Modo plugin, and posted a new TEST release at http://render.otoy.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=34&t=45718.

Thanks

Paul

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I have refreshed the STABLE installer downloads at the top of this thread to release 2.23.2.81 (the current TEST build). Pls see the TEST thread for release notes.

Thanks

Paul

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I have refreshed the STABLE installer downloads at the top of this thread to release 2.24.2.88 (the current TEST build). Pls see the TEST thread for release notes.

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I am using Modo 901 sp3 on OSX with this build of Octane. I have a scene with 2,500 cubes and a couple other meshes with each mesh item having its own material. I am consistently getting a crash when I go to render the scene. Have I crosses some item number limit? Or would one expect Octane to be able to render scene like this and I have come across a bug?

Thanks for any help.

Some additional info: I am using a Nvidia Titan X to render with via AKiTiO thunder bolt 2 PCIE Box.

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Hi. The OSX version of OctaneRender for Modo uses identical code to the Windows and Linux versions, and I haven't had any reports of crashes on those operating systems. Try setting all the cube Mesh items to Live Geometry Update OFF - does that help? Do you have Preferences->Octane->Use Modo Rendercache on or off? Which exact version of the plugin are you using pls? Where you getting the crash on the previous release of the plugin, and if so, was that with Modo SP3?

Thanks

Paul

[plobnop]

Sorry for taking so long to respond. Teaching then a long day at work.

Initially all the meshes had Live Geometry Update to OFF (when it kept crashing). However, changing all of them to Live Update prevented the crash. The exact version of the plugin is 2.24.2.88.901. I have only had a chance to test the scene in Modo SP3 and v 2.24.2.88.901 of the plugin. Hopefully, I'll have a bit more time to test out different versions / settings combinations to track down *exactly* what causes the crash.

Also, the crash seemed to happen once the scene had been exported (the exporting progress bar would reach 100%) and the render would normally start.

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Initially all the meshes had Live Geometry Update to OFF (when it kept crashing). However, changing all of them to Live Update prevented the crash. The exact version of the plugin is 2.24.2.88.901. I have only had a chance to test the scene in Modo SP3 and v 2.24.2.88.901 of the plugin. Hopefully, I'll have a bit more time to test out different versions / settings combinations to track down *exactly* what causes the crash.

Also, the crash seemed to happen once the scene had been exported (the exporting progress bar would reach 100%) and the render would normally start.

Sounds like a crash when voxellising the scene in Octane. With all Mesh items set to Live Update, how many triangles does Octane report as being in the scene? Are there any displacement maps in the scene? Also - does this happen with every scene or just one? Would it be possible to send me the scene that crashes pls?

Thanks

Paul

[plobnop]

When it renders Octane tells me there are 2501 meshes and 30002 triangles. There aren't any displacements in the scene. I have gotten other scenes of a similar item count (again, just cubes and planes) to crash.

I'd be happy to send you the crashy lxo. How should I get it to you?

EDIT: I sent you a private message with a dropbox link to my lxo file.