GrandChefPanda wrote:I'm switching to Blender 2.8 (leaving Autodesk Maya and modo for good). I'm an hobbyist so subscription is a big NEVER and would like to upgrade my V2 licence to last version, but I still don't undertsand all versions and subscription it not clear and I can't find any clear explaination on the website, like this is some kind of secret that it will go all subscription, and trying to hide it by calling it 2018 or something else. Can someone confirm this:
-V4 is the last perpetual version and will eventually be obsolete - ok it will be compatible with Blender V2.8 but what about V2.81 et later ?
-2018 is in fact V5 but only subscription
-2019 is in fact V6 and only subscription
All users owning Octane V3 can upgrade to V4 for free.
There's no official way to upgrade from V2. In this specific case, it is necessary to purchase an OctaneRender 4 Enterprise DCC/All-Access Bundle:
https://home.otoy.com/render/octane-render/purchase/
With that you get Octane 4 Standalone (perpetual) and full access to the DCC plugins (including Blender).
And also:
- Additional Render Slave Node License (also compatible with Deadline)
- ORC subscription (Octane Render Cloud)
- Access to all future OctaneRender Enterprise updates and features including NVLink (OctaneRender 2018.1) and full Vulkan-RTX hardware acceleration (OctaneRender 2019).
The price is $699 for 12 months or $899 for 24 months.
Being an Octane 2.0 owner, my advice is to contact OTOY directly and ask if there's some kind of discount in your case.
About Octane for Blender 2.8, it's in development and for sure there will be an Octane 4 integration (Octane 4 has been fully mainteined and it's receiving great attention, with new builds released regularly).
About Blender 2.81 is maybe to soon to say for sure, but I would say that yes, it should be in the plans. I'll let you know.
Thanks!
