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albatetra wrote:Hello Octane shipmates, Aoktar.
First of all thanks you for the great and fast release. I love this new version.
Anyways, after reading the Octane manual related to the new Metal shader I'm really confused on how should I enter the "n" and "k" parameters I can get from https://refractiveindex.info for various different metals.
Any suggestion?

Thanks and Regards

There was a similar question on the Facebook group, and someone made a workflow guide.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/OctaneR ... 384138740/

This fixed my DPC_WATCHDOG_VIOLATION crashes that I was having when updating to the newest nvidia drivers for this release.

This was my system:

X99 E-10G-WS Bios: 05XX (Can't remember)
Windows 10 1703
Nvidia Drivers 391.01 (Not Stable) 382.53 (was stable with previous Octane builds)
Cinema 4D R19.053

On support with Nvida all day, then sent me a hotfix build 391.05 which did not fix it.
I updated my BIOS to 0802 and that did not fix it.
Said screw it and updated Windows to 1709. Voila, fixed.
The fix might have just been to update Windows (which I hate doing) or it might have been a combination of the BIOS the OS and the Nvidia Driver update.
I am updating my second identical workstation now and will try with NetRender to see if everything stays stable. Will let you know if it fails.

Working build as of right now:

X99 E-10G-WS Bios: 0802
Windows 10 1709
Nvidia Drivers 391.05 (Hotfix)
Cinema 4D R19.053

Hope this can help someone!

@tobydalsgaard encouraging results. and thx for the info!

where can one fined the 391.05 hotfix?

Best,
Guy

If you just search for "391.05 hotfix Nvidia" in google it should be the top result.

I can't guarantee that was the fix though. My first suggestion would be to try 391.01 after updating the bios (if you are using an Asus X99 MB) and the Windows OS


PS. Thanks aoktar for fixing the netrender issues from the test build and for always keeping things as up to date as time allows

Why materialpreview do not display? I used R18.057 ,NVIDIA 391.01

kid1990 wrote:Why materialpreview do not display? I used R18.057 ,NVIDIA 391.01

Please explain it better! There's working well.

materialpreview do not display，

Double clicking can not be shown

kid1990 wrote:materialpreview do not display，

Double clicking can not be shown

You may have wrong plugin files. Also check Console window for loaded dlls and check if matches your license type.

I reloaded octane, and I delete license type, or I can't

Just checking in here for MAC version ETA if I may, apologies if answered, did a quick look through the latest pages in this thread and didn't see.
Cheers, thanks for all the great work.