glossy material not working

[robotkiwi]

Hey everyone,
I'm just starting out in octane and I'm having some issues with it. No reflections are showing up when i create a basic, default glossy material. I noticed that the specular color default to black. But pushing that to white doesnt do anything. I'm tearing my hair out over this. Am i missing something?

Any ideas?

[robotkiwi]

crap. i had the clay mode on. Sigh. one of those days.