Max plugin for Octane 4

[BdB]

Hi. When can we expect an Octane 4 plugin?

[voltaire585]

Going on version 3 release, its likely that it could be up to a year. Im looking forward to it but not holding my breath.

[paride4331]

Hi BdB,
As mentioned by Goldorak, SDK will be available soon to release Octane v4 experimental version for plugins too.
viewtopic.php?f=33&t=66013&p=333486#p333486
Regards
Paride

[BdB]

Thanks. I'll wait.

Out of curiosity: Does anyone at all use the standalone?

[paride4331]

Hi BdB,
using Octane standalone is so much fun; once you define your scene, try it, you'll learn how to use it in a couple of hours.
Regards
Paride

[BdB]

Nope. Doesn't fit an iterative workflow.

[paride4331]

Hi BdB,
what do you mean?
Regards
Paride

[BdB]

Well, my workflow (and I think many people's workflow) involves a lot of back-and-forth between modeling, scene-building, texturing, shading and rendering. Having to take the scene out of Max to render and then return to Max to make modeling changes, and doing this over and over again, would be extremely time-consuming.
To me it's the reason why all renderers I can think of (at least all those I own), operate within the DCC app.

[Elden]

I quite agree. If you are building a scene you tend to render your way through the entire process of trying out composition, light, materials etc. Can't see myself going back and forth between Octane Standalone and 3ds Max.

[paride4331]

Hi guys,
once your scene is almost definitive, you can working back and forth quite quickly, exporting individual geometries, using .OBJs.
Whenever you need to edit geometries, you will edit them in 3dsMax, overwrite with corresponding .obj, then in Stand alone you will use reload command.
In this way, objects will automatically have their corresponding material and position in your scene.
I will do an extensive tutorial for 3dsMax and stand alone workflow.
Regards
Paride