This is the last beta release of 3.00 which fixes a couple more bugs.
We split the v3 alpha/beta release notes into two posts: This one, which provides the download links and information specific to this particular release and a features post describing and discussing the new features and changes of 3.00. The features post will be continuously updated until we reach the stable version 3.00.
Alpha and beta version disclaimer
In contrast to v2 we want to do the alpha and beta testing publicly, to get more feedback earlier and to have changes tested more thoroughly. The plan is to let all users with a valid v2 license use the v3 alpha and beta versions. v3 alpha/beta versions will stop working on 1st June 2016.
Since there is a higher likelihood of severe bugs in alpha and beta versions you shouldn't use them for production work. It would be nice if you could test some production scenes with the alpha and beta versions, but you should definitely not rely on the stability of those versions to finish your projects.
In the Standalone you should be able to load v3 scenes in v2, losing only features provided in v3 and maybe some converted settings (like the new "mid level" in displacement nodes). With the plugins this isn't necessarily the case, which means that you should not create any plugin projects with v3 alpha/beta if you are not 100% sure that you want to upgrade to v3 or that you don't mind losing these projects when the beta period ends.
Offline authentication is disabled in alpha and beta versions.
CUDA requirements
Due to a CUDA compiler bug we had switch to CUDA 7.5, which means on Windows and Linux you may need to update your NVIDIA graphics driver to a current version which supports at least CUDA 7.5. On Mac OSX you may have to update the CUDA driver for Mac to a current version supporting at least CUDA 7.5.
Known issues
We noticed that deep pixel rendering crashes the render kernels on Maxwell GPUs (compute model 5.x) if the scene contains volumes. We are still investigating, but it looks like a CUDA compiler bug. If it's a compiler issue, we will try to work around it, but it might take a while until we have found a solution for the issue.
Changes since 3.00 beta 3
- Fixed crash of net render slave during startup.
- Fixed handling of CTRL-C on net render slaves while entering the SSO credentials on the command line.
- Better handling of license files in user folders with non-ASCII characters.
- Improved handling expiration of SSO authentications. Due to this change you will have to reenter your credentials if you switch between previous beta versions and beta 4.
OctaneRender Standalone downloads
Windows
- 64-bit commercial version (installer)
- 64-bit commercial version (ZIP archive)
- 64-bit demo version (installer)
- 64-bit demo version (ZIP archive)
Mac OS X
- 64-bit commercial version (DMG image)
- 64-bit demo version (DMG image)
Linux
- 64-bit commercial version (ZIP archive)
- 64-bit demo version (ZIP archive)
Photoshop workflow plugin download
You can download and install the updated plugin either via the Adobe Exchange platform (version 1.0.3 hasn't been made visible by Adobe yet) or you can download it from the link below and manually install it.
Windows and Mac OS X
- Photoshop extension (v1.0.3) (ZXP archive)
Happy rendering,
Your OTOY NZ Team