OctaneRender® for 3ds max® v1.0 beta 3.00[Test]

[Karba]

Otoy® is proud to announce the availability of a new version of OctaneRender® for 3ds max®: Version 1.0 beta 3.00.
The world's fastest and most feature-rich unbiased render engine that integrates completely into Autodesk® 3ds max®.


This version is not stable, don't use for important projects.

3ds max® Version Requirements

This release will only work with 3ds max® Versions 2010, 2011, 2012 & 2013/ 32bit & 64x / Base & Design on MS Windows operating systems.

Notes regarding features/functionality

OctaneRender® for 3ds max® implements all functionality of OctaneRender® standalone inside 3ds max®.
Any feature that the Standalone edition supports is supported by the 3ds max® plugin.


COMPATIBILITY AND OCTANERENDER STANDALONE REQUIREMENT

To run OctaneRender® for 3ds max®, you need to also have an activated OctaneRender® Standalone copy activated on the machine you wish to install the plugin onto.
You cannot purchase and use only the 3ds max plugin and use it without also owning an activated copy of OctaneRender® Standalone on your machine.


HOW TO PURCHASE LICENSES

Go to our online shop here: http://www.refractivesoftware.com/shop/

If you do not own an OctaneRender® Standalone Edition License yet:
You can purchase both the OctaneRender® Standalone Edition and the OctaneRender® for 3ds max® Edition as a reduced price bundle, purchase the bundle priced at 179€

If you already own one or more OctaneRender® Standalone Edition licenses you want to pair the plugin with:
Purchase an "OctaneRender® for 3ds max® v1.0 Beta License" priced at 99€

You can also purchase a 3, 5 or 10 pack of OctaneRender® for 3ds max® licenses,
just like OctaneRender Standalone Edition packs.


INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS

At this moment there isn't automatic installation. You have to copy files to 3ds max manually.
Please read the installation text file included in the download ZIP file archive.


OCTANELIVE®

Just like OctaneRender® Standalone, The 3ds max® plugin product also needs an additional octanelive license and be activated on a machine.
This has to be done in the plugin interface panel in 3ds max, and is covered in the included PDF manual.
It can only be done after an OctaneRender® Standalone license is already activated on the machine in question.


NEW FEATURES SINCE LAST RELEASE:

• Instancing. To set object as instance, do right click on it, select Octane properties, set movable proxy option.
• Falloff texture
• Color correct texture

KNOWN ISSUES:

• Incorrect lighting distribution (random bug).
• Incorrect material preview in case render is not running.
• Slow render on 3dsmax 2013
• Don't support old GPU models.

DOWNLOAD

We have 4 separate archives available for download, for Autodesk® 3ds max® 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013.
Each archive contains the manual and installation text file, and both 32bit and x64 versions of the plugin,
so you only need to dowload one archive for your 3ds max® version from the following download links:

3ds max® 2010: http://www.refractivesoftware.com/plugi ... a_3.00.zip (50MB ZIP File)
3ds max® 2011: http://www.refractivesoftware.com/plugi ... a_3.00.zip (50MB ZIP File)
3ds max® 2012: http://www.refractivesoftware.com/plugi ... a_3.00.zip (50MB ZIP File)
3ds max® 2013: http://www.refractivesoftware.com/plugi ... a_3.00.zip (50MB ZIP File)


Yours,
The OctaneRender® Team.

[jan kudelasek]

wow! thanks a lot

all the best
Jan

[mbetke]

Thanks! Will try in a hour or so with some forest stuff.

[Karba]

3.5 min per frame on GTX590

[jan kudelasek]

Hi karba,

which tool did you use for the scattering the grass? Multiscatter?

It look like that collorcorection have a problem. dont display any changes in mtl editor and oc viewport.

thanks
Jan

[glimpse]

that's insane! =) probably that's the biggest upgrade on Octane so far - I could not image what we are going to seee soon in the forum.. =) probably it will be flooded with amazing works..- instances alone will change a lot in GPU archviz field as OctaneRender will be so much more useful! Great, thanks (once more) for this feature!!!

[FamilyGuy]

Wow!!! It's so easy to use!!! WOW !!! Thanks Karba

Karba. Can you add a small correction to your instruction:

Instancing. To set object as instance, do right click on it, select Octane properties, set movable proxy option. (When you move object set INSTANCE in CLONE OPTIONS not COPY).

In Vray you can copy instance and it's working the same. In Octane you have to use Instance. Some people can have problem with that.

[mbetke]

Okay first quick run with one of the free ForestPack Pro scenes rom itoo website.

It works very well. Octane Material Converter generated a lot of bad materials with glossy bark and whatever so I rendered untextured.
Around 227 Million polygones (is it billions in english..dunno).

Problem with viewport: 3dsmax has massive lags so I dont see any icons from the OCtane Viewport anymore. I background render with oe GPU. The other one for GUI.

Render Button works nice. So I can use it.

[steveps3]

wowsers!

[rob72inmo]

Will this support older cards later or do i need to do a long overdue upgrade lol and do you think the 600 series cards will eventually work ok with octane or should i buy the 500 series