Octane Render 1.022 beta2.2 RC2 available [obsolete]

[radiance]

If I try and open an old *.ocs, dismiss the Invalid Scene File Version with OK, then right click on the graph editor, Add->Object->Mesh I get a repeatable crash here.

do you mean all your OBJ imports crash or they only crash after you've tried to open an older OCS file ?

They only crash after trying to open an older OCS.

Thanks,
Sam

ok thanks

Radiance

[cgbeige]

going over 1024 px in Y works fine for me on OS X. Even with dual GPUs. Doesn't even flicker, let alone show black.

[ROUBAL]

@Nostromo : Edit : You were right, I had made a confusion with shortcuts on my computer.

See new tests in the post below :

[Nostromo]

the easiest to check would be to try to load an old ocs. If it goes through, it's RC1 if it says "invalid scene file", it's RC2.

[ROUBAL]

I have just edited my previous post !

@Nostromo : Edit : You were right, I had made a confusion with shortcuts on my computer.

This time I have really tested with 1.022 b2.2 RC2 :

Good news : The vertical strips have disapeared, and Octane now closes correctly.

Bad news : For the memory management, there is still a problem : Instead of 0 MB previously, now Octane displays 4095 MB, but that's still wrong because the actual memory amount of the available cards is 511 MB and 895 MB...

- The device manager and animations panels still display behind the render window.

- Mesh preview kernel node output still disconnected when opening Octane, until you move it.

[radiance]

I have just edited my previous post !

@Nostromo : Edit : You were right, I had made a confusion with shortcuts on my computer.

This time I have really tested with 1.022 b2.2 RC2 :

Good news : The vertical strips have disapeared, and Octane now closes correctly.

Bad news : For the memory management, there is still a problem : Instead of 0 MB previously, now Octane displays 4095 MB, but that's still wrong because the actual memory amount of the available cards is 511 MB and 895 MB...

- The device manager and animations panels still display behind the render window.

- Mesh preview kernel node output still disconnected when opening Octane, until you move it.

great news

the 4096MB video ram bug is a cuda 32bit toolkit bug, we're looking for a workaround...

Radiance

[radiance]

We will release a last RC3 tomorrow with the remaining issues fixed and hopefully that one can go gold

Radiance

[ROUBAL]

Hi Radiance,

Great news ! To work so fast, I'm sure that you not only work on Octane, I think that you also drink it !

Thank you very much !

[andrian]

I am getting a little slow down with RC2, it gives me 2.48 samples vs 2.95 samples on beta 2.1 on a simple scene. All manually imported , its a simple interior room with no textures, lit by sun/sky, on GTX 480.

[radiance]

I am getting a little slow down with RC2, it gives me 2.48 samples vs 2.95 samples on beta 2.1 on a simple scene. All manually imported and textured, its a simple interior room with no textures, lit by sun/sky, on GTX 480.

are you sure everything is configured identically ?
the scene file format is not compatible, so you need to recreate it, and you might have differences.

also keep in mind that this version needs to do a bit more work than 2.1,
it has recursive textures, which is quite a bit of additional/complex code to run through on each ray.
In fact, i was expecting an bigger slowdown, quite happy with the results.
I think some scenes might be a bit slower, and others a bit faster depending on how you configure your mats.

Radiance