OctaneRender™ 2018.1 RC3 Tweet

[haze]

Hi all

This is a quick fix build on RC2 which fixes vertex attributes, and a couple of other more minor things. We are aware of a handful of issues from RC2 but we wanted to get this build out a bit more quickly, so some other fixes haven't made it in time yet.

As usual: 2018.1 RC3 will only be available for customers with a version 4 license for a limited time. To try 2018.1 RC3 you need to upgrade your version 3 license to a version 4 license. This can be done for free via our web shop: https://render.otoy.com/shop/upgrade.php.

Changes since OctaneRender 2018.1 RC2:

• Fixed vertex attributes
• Temporarily disabled caching of baking texture node for input texture types that are not image textures, since it wasn't working as intended yet.
• Fixed Automatic pixel format setting which would still load 32bit float EXR images and HDR images as 16-bit float.
• Image tile grid was upside down when selecting image tiles with pattern.

Downloads for users with a regular license
OctaneRender for Windows (installer)
OctaneRender for Windows (zip)
OctaneRender for Mac OS
OctaneRender for Linux

Downloads for users with a Studio subscription license
OctaneRender Studio for Windows (installer)
OctaneRender Studio for Windows (zip)
OctaneRender Studio for Mac OS
OctaneRender Studio for Linux

Downloads for users with an Enterprise subscription license
OctaneRender Enterprise for Windows (installer)
OctaneRender Enterprise for Windows (zip)
OctaneRender Enterprise for Mac OS
OctaneRender Enterprise for Linux


Happy rendering,
Your OTOY Team

[Renart]

Thanks for the Vertex Attribute fix.
The alembic is now loading without crashing but the Vertex Color Attribute is still not working out of the box.
The vertex color attribute from this same alembic is working in Octane for Blender.

So a work around I found was to do the set up I wanted with this alembic in Blender and export an .orbx. Then it work in the Standalone.
The alembic vertex color in the .orbx is now working in the Standalone. I'm wondering what's the difference... But it would be great if we didn't have to do that!

[cjadams]

Please note why is the "enterprise" version downloading the "creator" edition instead???

[Jolbertoquini]

Hi Guys,

There is no fix for Cryptomatte, I thought would be on the next release as the message from Roeland?

Cheers,
JO

[haze]

Hi Guys,

There is no fix for Cryptomatte, I thought would be on the next release as the message from Roeland?

Cheers,
JO

As mentioned in the post, not all the fixes we've done have made it into this quick fix release. However, we will most likely make a couple more releases next week for this and a few others we're now aware of.

[Jolbertoquini]

Hi Guys,

There is no fix for Cryptomatte, I thought would be on the next release as the message from Roeland?

Cheers,
JO

As mentioned in the post, not all the fixes we've done have made it into this quick fix release. However, we will most likely make a couple more releases next week for this and a few others we're now aware of.

Thanks a lot Haze!

[Notiusweb]

I know this is an in-between release, but just will post it here anyway...
When I try to save an image (ie 16-bit PNG ), RC3 crashes.
Some projects it saves the images before it crashes, other projects it crashes, and I can't save the image.

[Notiusweb]

More on the saving image issue.
I find in scenes I can save an 8-bit PNG, just 16 bit gives an issue.
And this is the case with both direct saving, and using Batch Render script.

Look at this one, RC3 saves 8 bit as this:

And I can get it to save 16-bit, but it saves the 16-bit as this:

UPDATE:
This occurs in RC2 as well, but is not an issue in RC1.

[coilbook]

Can we get a separate screen that shows GPU health during rendering. If a slave fails we know it's failed. Currently we have to manually check slaves to make sure they render and have no idea if they failed or not.

[Notiusweb]

One more thing regarding the failed 16-bit PNG image saving on RC3, I was using Nvidia 416.34, and today updated to the latest Nvidia 417.71 driver, still same issue.
RC3 crashes under both drivers.