*** Octane 2.3+ will require network connection for use ***

[9fly]

My line at home ISP is crazy. Sometimes they can hick-up.... for 3-15mins without reason. But I spend my time most company online. This is really not good for render with laptop cause in my country 3G charge can cost you bunch of money.

I'm preparing buying one laptop for another Octane license but now I'm think again. Hik hik.

Anyway, hope we can get some ways out of this situation.

[necko77]

As a matter of fact i own one program that uses internet while you work and that is "Mixed in key 4.0". You need to be online if you want to work with it and i see many trys to hack this program and hackers didnt made it!

That means Octane is not going to be mobile cos i cant carrie with me my internet but you will beat piracy.

If you beat piracy you will get your money for your work...when you get your money you will give us more ! MORE is what we want

This program "mixed in key" never stop worked for me...i analyezed more than 200 GB of music with no problem. But i tryed, when i turn of internet it stop working. It somehow need confirmation from some server to finish your commands.

I support people from Octane cos this program price is Excellent and if they want to protect it, let them protect. Dont create panic, cos most of us have stable internet and i can bet that this can work flowlessly. Just relex, let us see that 2.3 ver...im whaiting it and expecting something good and usefull as alwys

Sty low with prices and do what ever you want to protect your sw !
I suport you !

[CGicore]

Well, realistically speaking, it is only matter of time for 1 hack of a genius to crack OC network connection and piracy once again flooding the net.
Maybe some kind of making OC think that is calling back home, but instead calling the local machine and it's done. Let's face it, Autodesk failed, Luxology failed, Newtek even with dongle hardware also failed, all these companies failed to stop piracy. I really want to see how OC will pull this one. They would be the first to succeed on the war against pirates.

[Lutze]

Sorry, but it is a bad idea. Two reasons:

1. You would be the first to stop piracy. No copy protection system up to date worked longer than a few days/weeks. Its a matter of time and some kid will crack this one too, making Octane believe it is connected to the server when it is not.
2. I work as a proffessionall with Octane and other Software. My two Workstations are not connected to the internet because of the dangers living out there. I would hate to connect them to the internet, realy hate it. The reason I bought a mac as a third Computer was solely to use it as my secure window into the web.

Ok, I realy see why you are going this way, and viewed from your side it makes sense. I also do everything to protect the rights of my work. And I will wait until I see your new system, maybe it is cool. For the moment I have strong doubts but we will see...

Lutze

[Elvissuperstar007]

've found creature who wanted to break
http://www.crackingforum.com/completed- ... crack.html

[ltchest]

Very interested to see this in action. Bring it on !

[Ayertosco]

Sorry, but it is a bad idea. Two reasons:

1. You would be the first to stop piracy. No copy protection system up to date worked longer than a few days/weeks. Its a matter of time and some kid will crack this one too, making Octane believe it is connected to the server when it is not.
Lutze

But if you need something from the server for the software to work (code, scripts)...then if Cracked Octane thinks is connected (fake server) but it can't download\use the code needed...then it won't work i think. Personally i can accept this solution hoping that it will bring on the future some other good things on the table (cloud rendering maybe?)

[pinochio]

Hi guys, i think you're all mostly misunderstanding my post.
I can assure you that as a licensed customer, after the intermediate release (which will have a part of this system in it),
you will immediately love it, and realise it gives much more functionality to paying people than before.

We're not talking about a floating license check here, but a completely different way of working, which i've been carefully developing during the last months.

Instead of attacking the idea (please understand we have no other option if we want to stay in business by next year(), maybe try provide new ideas and ways we can enchance the use of octane with the new tightly webserver integrated octane...

Trust me, you will love the new system, it will blow our competition away in many areas.
As stenson wrote above, we will set a new trend with this.

Radiance

If this becomes a trend I`ll change my job and become an internet provider.

[Lutze]

Just thought of another reason why I hate it. I planned to buy another license for my laptop in order to be able to show and alter my work when I visit clients. Usualy I don´t have a internet connection there and so the plan of a third license is dead for the moment.

I would think that you loose as much money by restricting legitimate users as you would through piracy, only that the legitimate users are the ones most restricted by the system. Sorry, Octane is great but I am not happy...

[Elvissuperstar007]

may be a competition for the most interesting defense!
Prize 470GTX or 480GTX programmers here, too, have
couple of months depending on the Internet you can stand it, and then in the finals, you can choose the most appropriate