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kamada
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Joined: Thu May 08, 2025 4:12 am

Hello,
I'm new to octane and for years I've been wanting to learn Octane render for C4D but haven't been able to cause I never had a windows with Nvidia GPU. I managed to download the latest Octane X and the standalone app seem to function alright and was able to render. However when I'm playing around in C4D, I realise the plugin was barely usable. The Material editor is always empty every time I try to edit a material, even the node editor was empty as well and the materials can't seem to be changed at all. I tried searching everywhere and couldn't figure out what's the issue at all.
Is there anyone having the same issue? Did you find any solution?

Thanks in advance! ;)
Win 7 64 | Geforce GTX680 | i7 3770 | 16GB :mrgreen:
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bepeg4d
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Hi Kamada,
c4doctane plugin has its own Node Editor, and you need to create an Octane material for using it.

First of all, please go to Octane Setting/Nodes, and disable the New style option, or material preview doesn't work in node editor:
IMG_1327.jpeg
Then please go to C4D material manager and create an Octane material from Octane menu:
IMG_4935.jpeg
Then, in Attribute editor go to the Basic tab and press the Node Editor button:
IMG_4936.jpeg

ciao,
Beppe
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