How does V4 Upgrade work exactly?

[TaylorCaudle]

I bought V3 Standalone + Blender plugin a few months ago,

I read that V4 is free to license holders? But I also saw some weird changes about no more perpetual licenses?

Just wondering what I have to do to get access to V4, and what happens to my perpetual license, etc.

[bepeg4d]

Hi,
to upgrade for free your license from v3 to v4, you need to follow these steps:

• Go to https://home.otoy.com/render/octane-render/purchase/
• Select "Upgrade" in the top menu.
• Click on "UPGRADE NOW" next to "Upgrade existing licenses to OctaneRender 4".
• Select the licenses you want to upgrade and confirm.

About new licenses, please have a look at the FAQ page about different licenses options here:
viewtopic.php?f=7&t=69646&start=60
ciao Beppe

[nibbler]

one maybe silly question to licensing:
if I upgrade my licenses to octane 4, and it wont work with my environment (running octane 3 stable) – just in case:
can I "downgrade" back from octane 4 to octane 3 or still use the octane 3 version if needed?

kind regards

nibbler

[Phantom107]

one maybe silly question to licensing:
if I upgrade my licenses to octane 4, and it wont work with my environment (running octane 3 stable) – just in case:
can I "downgrade" back from octane 4 to octane 3 or still use the octane 3 version if needed?

kind regards

nibbler

Looks like you can, I upgraded to Octane 4 and can still open up Octane 3.08 and it works.

[nibbler]

thx for the answer. now I feel more comfortable to try it by myself