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why in GI mode Sample Environment works AO !!!! previously, he was disabled ... if you don't plan to turn it off take the opportunity to get AO to 0 or to set it opacity

( simple example - I made baking texture of the wall and consider a quick direct renderer - I don't need AO and I can't turn off on beauty)

please note in 3Dmax 2017 there is a standard modifier multy tille



now it is not supported

@AlexMakhov
Hi AlexMakhov, thank you;
Could you tell me about your system, 3dsMax version and hardware?
Could you kindly make some screenshots while your 3dsMAx material editor had frozen?
Windows Task Manager> processes (high to low)
Windows Task Manager> Performance
OctaneRender viewport > GPU Mem data
thanks again
Paride

@Goldistart
Hi Goldisart,
Yep, I had already asked to developers yesterday to remove obsolete GI parameters.
Regards
Paride

- what is the shadows channel supposed to do as I was unable to get anything shadow like from that (which I actually needed for some renders)

acc24ex wrote:- what is the shadows channel supposed to do as I was unable to get anything shadow like from that (which I actually needed for some renders)

There is little info about it or manua/tutoriall AFAIK..
But I guess you have to use render layers set up, and a shadow catcher material. Nothing like the other renderers.

Octane has its own insane way of doing things in some areas.
You think of it as a simple task but gets a little complicated.. You have to adjust your current scene workflow as a seperate file, if you want to keep your beauty pass materials intact.
One great setback for crossplatform approach.

Hi acc24ex,
https://docs.otoy.com/manuals/products/ ... w-catcher/
Regards
Paride

paride4331 wrote:Hi acc24ex,
https://docs.otoy.com/manuals/products/ ... w-catcher/
Regards
Paride

yeah I know how to use the shadow catcher, but I want to get shadows only, without the objects and all that, isn't the shadow channel supposed to do that somehow
- also "black shadows" and "coloured shadows" channel.. don't show anything

Hey
Seems like the GradientTexture node broke in this update.

If you make a material and add a gradient texture, change interp to constant.
Save the file, and reopen.

Now the interp dropdown will be blank (White)

And white is actualy "linear" see the photos.


So what i did in this test scene is.

- Open a new 3ds max 2016 sp3 file
- create a plane and 3 spheres
- create a diffuse octane material with gradient texture in diffuse slot, with a random color texture to disstribute the colors between objects.
- Set the interp type in gradient texture to constant.
- render and it looks fine. - Save the max file and reopen it.

- Now the interp type in gradient texture is blank (white)
- render without changing anything. The render is different. - Change the interp type to linear. you can now see that its the same as blank(white) This is a problem. When sending a file with a shader using constant to the renderfarm will give wrong results.
The workaround will be to add more points in the color pallet of the gradient texture to fake a "constant" look.



Attached maxfile



Cheers
-Mats

Hi stir,
I reproduce your files, gradient map does not work properly as in SA.
I will ask developers to fix this issue.
Thanks for your help.
Regards
Paride