OctaneRender™ 2020.2 RC2

[arno]

BUG: Composite node overwrites wrong pins when nodes are expanded

I just wanted to add a bit more info to the previous bug I posted here:
viewtopic.php?p=392217#p392217

This bug does not happen on saved scenes which already contain a composite node (I think). It only seems to happen after adding the node and doing these steps:

1. Add a composite texture. NOTE: If you hover over the node inputs, the far LEFT pin is layer 2 input, while right is layer 1
2. In the inspector, set layer 1 input to "checks"
3. Set layer 2 input to "noise"
4. In the inspector, right click the layer 1 input icon > expand

RESULT: The checks node expands but is attached to layer 2 input pin, which is wrong. It overwrites the previously connected noise node.

I added an image to make this clearer.

composite_texture_expand_overwrites_wrong_pins.png

Thank you for reporting this. I haven't had a chance to look into its cause yet, but I can reproduce it.

[pegot]

I opened a file that was about a year old and I am seeing an issue where denoising is rendering a text label much thinker than it should be.
The file renders correctly with denoising on Octane 2020.1.5.

The problem appears with latest Octane 2020.2 RC2.

If Devs need ORBX send me info where to upload that (archived file is about 1.12 GB).

[DamjanMX_1]

Looks like that chaos texture is not baking into HDR even if it's set to.

[DamjanMX_1]

Is there a way I can make the scattered objects follow the displaced surface mesh?

[lanklaf]

Is there a way I can make the scattered objects follow the displaced surface mesh?

Sure,
Connect the same Displacement texture to the Position Shader of Octane Scatter

[grimm]

This version doesn't find my GPUs on Linux. I'm running Nvidia driver version 455.28 which is higher than 455.23. Is there a problem with this version? Thanks,

Did you update your drivers recently and/or have the same issue with other recent or older versions?

Yes, I updated the drivers fairly recently. I just checked older versions and yep, they have the same issue. Must be a problem with this Nvidia driver version.

[jobigoud]

Looks like that chaos texture is not baking into HDR even if it's set to.

This should be fixed in the next version.

Regarding scatter and displacement unfortunately the scatter happens on the non displaced mesh. In the case of a terrain you can plug the height map in the translation part of the scatter tool.

[DamjanMX_1]

This should be fixed in the next version.

Great, looking forward to that fix!

Regarding scatter and displacement unfortunately the scatter happens on the non displaced mesh. In the case of a terrain you can plug the height map in the translation part of the scatter tool.

Is there a plan in a foreseeable future to make it able to scatter on displaced meshes?



Thank you and @lanklaf for the tip.

[grimm]

This version doesn't find my GPUs on Linux. I'm running Nvidia driver version 455.28 which is higher than 455.23. Is there a problem with this version? Thanks,

Did you update your drivers recently and/or have the same issue with other recent or older versions?

The problem turned out to be that I didn't have the libglvnd-dev library installed. Once I installed it and re-built the driver, everything is working again. I'm now on driver version 455.45.01, thanks,

Jason

[mojave]

I opened a file that was about a year old and I am seeing an issue where denoising is rendering a text label much thinker than it should be.
The file renders correctly with denoising on Octane 2020.1.5.

The problem appears with latest Octane 2020.2 RC2.

If Devs need ORBX send me info where to upload that (archived file is about 1.12 GB).

Octane-2020.2_RC2-Denoised.png

Octane-2020.1.5-Denoised.png

Would you be able to share a minimum repro case for this issue? You may share your file by the means that is most convenient for your and send a PM.

Thank you.