Octane 2023.1.3 multi-gpu version for Lightwave 2024?

Wed Sep 18, 2024 4:49 pm

Lewis wrote:
cgb777 wrote:Yeah, I just tried logging in on LIghtwave 2024.1 but still no network render options window.
Ofcourse there is no network option, and it's 1 GPU limit when included version in LW is Octane PRIME (same as in Blender and Modo).

You (we all) need to get Studio+ version plugin for Network render to work, i.e. you need active subscription from OTOY and you need OTOY to release LW plugin for multiGPU/Network render.

P.S.
I wonder how people still not understand Otoy versions differences (Demo / Prime / Studio+) this yet all those years ?

Sorry I did not clarify, I do have a Studio+ subscription and have used the network option on previous versions.

Wed Sep 18, 2024 4:55 pm

cgb777 wrote: Sorry I did not clarify, I do have a Studio+ subscription and have used the network option on previous versions.

Sure but Studio+ for LW 2024 is not released yet (waitign fo rOTOY to verify/release) so you don't have multiGPU or Network render if you use LW2024 Octane that come with it (that's PRIME verison).

You need to REPLACE (manually install plugin/overwrite) one in LW2024 installer with your Octane 2021.1.7 Studio+ to get network rendering.

Wed Sep 18, 2024 5:00 pm

Lewis wrote:
cgb777 wrote:

You need to REPLACE (manually install plugin/overwrite) one in LW2024 installer with your Octane 2021.1.7 Studio+ to get network rendering.

Correct, that's what I did as work-around.

Thu Oct 03, 2024 4:13 pm

I see the new plugin does not work with 2015 -- a lot of us are still using LW 2015 for a number of reasons -- the previous developer retained support for the older versions of LW. Any plans to do the same?

Thu Oct 03, 2024 4:27 pm

Godstrike wrote:I see the new plugin does not work with 2015 -- a lot of us are still using LW 2015 for a number of reasons -- the previous developer retained support for the older versions of LW. Any plans to do the same?

New plugin has some additional hooks to newer LW SDk so it could be problematic in older LW so maybe it's best time to upgrade to newer LW version if you want to use new octane.
It's kind unrealistic to keep it compatible with 10 years old LW (11.x and 9 years old LW 2015).
Same as with Octane, they dropped support for Nvidia 7xx and below GPUs.
I guess it's just the nature of progress..