OctaneRender 4 / All Access - Update FAQ

Mon Mar 18, 2019 4:24 pm

OMG YOU ARE CONFUSING WITH THE LICENCING - what happened to what I had since beta 1 version, I pay for upgrade and you give me access
- so I have the v 4 paid, and I wanna use 2018.1 - what do I do to have it working fully?
Just give me that - I wanna use all the options we had with 2018.1 beta

..sorry for not reading 24 pages of FAQ and questions from other members :/ (I've been using it since the early beta and beta 3d max)

Wed Mar 20, 2019 6:01 pm

that licensing system sounds a. confusing and b. a bit greedy

maybe better to switch to another renderer during the next 1-2 years then... sad but true

but i am not willing to pay nearly 1000 bucks each year for daz plugin +3 render nodes with 2gpus each... as a freelancer

Wed Mar 20, 2019 7:07 pm

Hello and congrats on the increased development speed!

I have to agree with many of the previous customers comments though.
I too feel quite disappointed about the short blip that Octane 4 was on the time line.
The quick switch to new version names seems just like an arbitrary excuse to introduce the new licensing system to me.

For example, it was promised that Octane 4 would be able to utilize houdini attributes.
But this essential feature got pushed to the 2018/19 version.
Also the offline licensing was said to come back...

After the rather bad experience with the promised features and delivery dates in my years of octane usage I do not feel comfortable with a big upfront payment.

Having said that, I still like using Octane, but am unsure about the offering.
So let me see if I got it right:
As a current Octane 4 standalone and houdini plugin owner, who wants to use the latest Octane on a machine with two cards, my best option would be, to rent it per "all access" for round about 200$ annually.
If I extend the renting period to three years in total, I would be able to use the version of 2022 continuously.
If I stop the subscription in 2020 or 2021, it will revert back to the relatively obsolete version 4!

If I purchase an additional USB dongle, I could use which ever version I am allowed online offline as well,
just without the cloud-based features right?

Best regards
Stefan

Thu Mar 21, 2019 7:47 pm

Like acc24ex, I am a long time octane user, beta and 3ds max alpha tester. And a yearly paid subscription model means a "goodbye octane" for me. I am a teacher (I have free 3dsmax license) and a hobbyist and cannot afford to pay 200/year in advance to continue playing with octane.
So, so long, it's been a nice 9 year ride. Love octane.

robertbrian · Thu Mar 21, 2019 11:57 pm

Any news about the release date of the Free Tier? Thanks.

alecchalmers · Fri Mar 22, 2019 6:41 am

Hi, apologies if these questions have already been asked, I'm going through the many posts of this thread and the FAQ but can't find an answer.

1, Will 'OctaneRender 4™ Enterprise Standalone | Render Slave' be supported right up to version 5?
2. How many computers could I install this on? It would be nice to install it on my work laptop for some lunchtime rendering

Fri Mar 22, 2019 5:06 pm

most awkward point is the limitation/removal of networkrendering. that was one of my main reasons to use octane... from my pov its obvious that customers should be pushed to use the octane renderfarms that way...
absolutely wrong way...

Sat Mar 23, 2019 1:35 am

gaazsi wrote:most awkward point is the limitation/removal of networkrendering. that was one of my main reasons to use octane... from my pov its obvious that customers should be pushed to use the octane renderfarms that way...
absolutely wrong way...

Network rendering is in the enterprise builds.

Sat Mar 23, 2019 1:39 am

ttaberna wrote:Like acc24ex, I am a long time octane user, beta and 3ds max alpha tester. And a yearly paid subscription model means a "goodbye octane" for me. I am a teacher (I have free 3dsmax license) and a hobbyist and cannot afford to pay 200/year in advance to continue playing with octane.
So, so long, it's been a nice 9 year ride. Love octane.

You got octane 4 for free (2 years of work on our ends) and can keep using it forever. Sorry But if you want to play with the newer versions go for the free or monthly tiers if you don’t want to go for the annual updates.

Sat Mar 23, 2019 11:48 am

So I'm thinking about a new license, but do not really see the difference between Enterprise+AA($619+$199/y) and Subscription AA ($199/y).
Can somebody advise me what option should I choose for my 7x1080 rig assuming I want to have future updates?

As I see both options can handle 7GPUs. So what are the benefits of paying extra $619 at this or future time?

Thanks, Dmytro