OctaneRender for Maya 2026.1-25.10 [STABLE]

[JimStar]

Otoy® is proud to announce the availability of a new OctaneRender™ for Maya®
The world's fastest and most feature-rich unbiased render engine that integrates completely into Autodesk® Maya®.

Maya® Version Requirements

This release will work with Maya® Versions 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026 64-bit on Windows and Linux systems. Maya 2024, 2025 and 2026 on macOS (ARM only).

Octane for Maya masterclass:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fANBzifhSow&list=PLTqdDmFtprFkzaBM7cmp8ZipQCNupDD0H


Changelog and the installers for Octane Standalone are here:
OctaneRender Standalone

Important: The minimum version of macOS required is 14.5. It will soon be raised to 15.

Changes since version 25.8:

• Integrated the 2026.1 rendering engine.

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Subscription Studio+ Downloads
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OctaneRender for Maya Studio+ [Windows](Link)

OctaneRender for Maya Studio+ [Linux](Link)


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Prime Downloads
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OctaneRender for Maya Prime [MacOS](Link)


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DEMO Downloads
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OctaneRender for Maya DEMO [Windows](Link)

OctaneRender for Maya DEMO [Linux](Link)

[johan_D]

Hi,

I've noticed an issue with the image texture node power attribute. When I connect an RGBSpectrum Texture or another image texture to the power attribute, the color information doesn't work.

It works fine in version 2025.

And the Chaos Texture is really great, but Maya doesn't seem to like him. It generates a lot of crashes, even on very simple test scenes. I even had a scene get destroyed, Maya crashed on opening.

Have you noticed this kind of behavior?

Thx

[JimStar]

Could you please provide me some scene that is crashing on you?

[johan_D]

Hello

I played around with it a little and didn't have any crashes, but I went back to version 2025.4 v24.13 because of the issues I encountered with 2026. It was with very simple scenes, just a plane and basic lighting for testing; the crashes occurred during connection or disconnection in the Hypershade. If I have time, I'll go back to 2026 to test it, and I'll send you a scene if I see the problem again.

Also, will Displacement work with the Chaos Node in the future? Currently, only Vetrex Displacement works.

Thanks

[g0ll4m]

Turning on Meshlets on geometry turns all my objects into instances of a single object. Is this a bug? When I turn it off they all assume the original objects.

Maya 2024