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Aha forget the "bin" and it should point at the plugins not Octane standalone.

Perhaps update the documentation then since it says:
Seems to be worknig besides that it wont authenticate my license for some reason, and not sure why it needs a license was this not open beta ? but I tried both my stand alone license and my modo license, none worked.

MagnusL3D wrote:Aha forget the "bin" and it should point at the plugins not Octane standalone.

Perhaps update the documentation then since it says:

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PATH = "C:/path/to/octane/bin;$PATH"
HOUDINI_PATH = "C:/path/to/octane;&"

Seems to be worknig besides that it wont authenticate my license for some reason, and not sure why it needs a license was this not open beta ? but I tried both my stand alone license and my modo license, none worked.

Yes true, I will update the docs to something like "octane_plugin_folder", not "octane".

Sorry, the plugin is in open beta, but this is a paid beta at reduced price. To use the plugin you must buy a Houdini plugin license, that now has a reduced $99 price until it leaves the beta state.

There is also a demo version, but it is a bit outdated. I need to update it.

-Juanjo

Hmm allright should realy say "payed open beta" in the begining of this thread then. not just public open beta.

Where is this demo then ?

Yes, sorry. As far I know all the Octane plugin betas are full commercial licenses, but sold at reduced price until the plugin leaves the beta state.

You can download the demo from the demos page:
https://home.otoy.com/render/octane-render/demo/

I want to update this demo version with the last build as soon as possible.

-Juanjo

Still doesnt hurt to mention / remind in the forum posts because "public open beta" does not feel like something one pays for.

how old is the demo version ? is it worth testing based on all the new things ?

MagnusL3D wrote: how old is the demo version ? is it worth testing based on all the new things ?

Nope, the demo is not really old. It is based in the first public build of the plugin, two months ago, so it should work without big problems. Anyway I will try to update it for the next plugin build that I want to release this week.

-Juanjo

I have a problem with license authentication:

Have you tried to deactivate the license from your user account, in the Otoy web?

Deactivate the license in the web page, and try to enable it again from the plugin.

-Juanjo

Yes I deactivated for the site then open Houdini scene with Octane Render and it show the same errors.
Will try to update to 2.24.1.0

Perhaps the problem is that you have deactivated the license twice, and now you need to wait one hour to activate it again

-Juanjo