deactivate before installing new version?

[Son Kim]

I did a search and couldn't find an answer to my question. I'm currently running Octane on one machine. Do I need to deactivate my license before installing a new version of Octane? I would probably uninstall old one then install new one as it comes out.

[kavorka]

no need to worry about anything. Just install the new version and it will work with your license. No uninstallation or deactivation required

[FrankPooleFloating]

I myself was very unsure about this when I wanted to update to 1.02...

But quickly realized you just copy over exe and dat files into your octane folder. I made a backup folder first called octane_1.0 and put the old exe and dat files in there - then copied over 1.02... but they could/should mention this in the 1.02 thread.

Still launches from taskbar etc and runs perfect.. says activated.. all good. And 1.02 kicks ass. Shadow Catcher rocks!.. god, I love Octane.

In a perfect world, Octane lets you know (upon launch) that a new Release Candidate version is available -- asks if you want to give it a whirl - does the work for you and makes backup of of old version - with option to roll back. These things are not unheard of.

[kavorka]

I just install it into a new folder each time and keep the old version in case I need it.

[Son Kim]

thanks guys! I just wanted to make sure