OctaneRender 3 for Poser (Windows/OSX) [OBSOLETE]

[Erick]

I think we have this "Normal 0.0" bug back.
The image shows two identical, glossy, spheres.
The left one has the "Normal" node disconnected and for the right one it's set to 0.0. Which then screws up the surface of the sphere.

No biggie, just wanted it to mention anyway.

EDIT: I forgot to mention, this happens when you first plug the Node Type -> "Greyscale color" into the "Normal" channel, and then set it to 0 for the render.

Hi Wim. I think a "zero" normal is 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, so a Normal value of 0, 0, 0 is actually a value normal heading in the -X, -Y, -Z direction. So potentially this is the correct behavior. I'm not sure in what situation the plugin would plug a 0 float texture value into a Normal pin, so I'm unsure how you are getting that. Perhaps the material conversion is not working correctly?

Paul

I have no situation, where I actually do this haha ... The material conversion usually works very nicely for me, no issues there. ... For this particular render, I just loaded a random material from my local DB, so it must have been one from the older days, in which the Normal channel maybe was set to greyscale color at 0.0

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I have updated the STABLE installers at the top of this thread with:

3.08.0.87
- Compiled with Octane 3.08
- Added a hidden configuration option to suppress the Animation Finished dialog. To activate this option, use the following python code:
octanePlugin = __import__("OctaneRender for Poser")
octanePlugin.Configuration.m_SuppressAnimationEndDialog = True

Thanks

Paul

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I have updated the TEST installers at the top of this thread with:

3.08.2.88
- Compiled with Octane 3.08.2. See viewtopic.php?f=24&t=68091 for details
- Octane 3.08.2 resolves an issue where Greyscale nodes plugged into Normal pins were rendering incorrectly
- Removed the Cuda Devices list, and replaced with the Octane Standalone Devices panel
- Added support for 4k monitors

Paul

[wimvdb]

Thanks for fixing the 4K UI thing!

Wim

[Erick]

Thank you, Paul!

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I have posted an Octane 4 build of the Poser plugin at viewtopic.php?f=45&t=69357&p=349547#p349547.

Paul