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Hello. Is anybody here, who can help me on that one? below is what i wrote to otoy:

Hello Octane Renderer Team

First of all: I really like your Product! Its great. At the moment, unfortunately i am still a mac user, meaning
as long as i do not buy an cubix extender i must work with only one card. but with that one card only
octane renderings are so much quicker than with the internal Advanced Renderer from Cinema 4D`s CPU rendering..

but: I have the problem, that The Octane Plugin crasher every Session after some Live Renderer Previews.
It works for 10 Minutes and then i crashes my application every time.

i use os x 10.8.4
Nvidia Geforce GTX 680 Mac Edition with Cuda Driver 5.5.25 / GPU Driver: 8.14.11 (313.01.02f01)

I have the latest Version of Cinema 4D PlugIn installed: Beta 0.7.3 ( SDK 1.2)
by the way: Is it still a Beta? I payed 279,00 Euros for it.

Dont get me wrong.. I really want to use the bundle ( Standalone + Plugin) and i like the way you work with it.
But i cannot use it in a professional manner at the time!

So, please- can somebody help me out?
i have a screenshot at the end of this email with the error that shows up whwn cinema 4d crashes.
it the same problem with the R14 and 15 of CInema 4D. Its the liboctane.dylib

regards from germany

Carsten Böhnert

ok Carsten,
first thanks to you use that plugin. And yes, it's still beta. We are near to final product but not yet. It will be not same price when the ready. It took much longer than i have expected because of lack of Maxon support and some issues sdk's.

We have notified that some other plugins can affect stability and functioning of plugin. You can ask why others are not affected?
Octane plugin have to watch and modify everything which is related own system on realtime. Last version (0.82) is much better olders about stability. Most people is running without any crash. First you should try this and if you still has problems, you should send me a PM. We can check your problem. I hope to help you.

Regards,
Ahmet Oktar
Octane For C4D

hello ahmet

thank you for your answer..does that mean that i would have to buy an official non-beta release again?
i hope not. strange guys at maxon, eventhough i like the c4d a lot. they must help you!!!

i will test the newer beta today and let you know!
would be nice if you answer again regarding pricing official release...
best, carsten

eyelovemotion wrote:hello ahmet

thank you for your answer..does that mean that i would have to buy an official non-beta release again?
i hope not. strange guys at maxon, eventhough i like the c4d a lot. they must help you!!!

i will test the newer beta today and let you know!
would be nice if you answer again regarding pricing official release...
best, carsten

hi carsten,
beta users will have final without paying of course. I mean that's still beta phase and price is lower because of this

great! let me know if i can support you.i already liked octane on facebook and i am following on vimeo..
great work again!
carsten

yes i'll glad for that. After trying 0.82 give me some feedback.

It`s 100% better. I have a scene where octane crashed at 23th frame. now its rendering. it seems to be more stable!
i keep you informed

eyelovemotion wrote:At the moment, unfortunately i am still a mac user, meaning
as long as i do not buy an cubix extender i must work with only one card. but with that one card only octane renderings are so much quicker than with the internal Advanced Renderer from Cinema 4D`s CPU rendering..

You can run 2 nvidia cards in the mac pro (if this is what you have) - I have a Titan and an Asus 680 GTX (4gb)(both PC cards so no boot screen when opening in mac)
All you need is an external psu (I'm using a coolmaster) the cabling from this goes in through the top pci steel slide/blank at the back and powers the titan, the mac pro handles the 680 no problem - looks a little suspect but works a treat.

Regards

hi, if you need a mac nvidia card only for display, there are not so many option.
you can try to search on ebay for a gt 120 mac ( only one slot, no extra power but poor performance), a gt 8800 mac ( better performance, one slot and one 6pin connector), a gtx 285 mac (a bit better, but two slots and double 6pin connectors) or a quadro 4000 (one slot, good performances, one 6pin connector but expansive).
ciao beppe

thank you for yours answers..

to clarify that: now- i have one EVGA gtx 680 mac edition in my mac pro ( Alu Tower / 2010, 12 Core)
I use the latest Nvidia Driver under OS X 10.8.4

Can i now buy one Titan Card, plug that in ( with an external psu)?
This card then also uses the OS X Drivers i have installed?

thanks for your answers in advance..