remove octane from project

[Wenneker]

I really want to unload the octane plugin. Is this possible somehow?

[jate]

I know you're in Maya, but in C4D, I just switch the renderer to a different type and delete any Octane tags.

[Wenneker]

In Maya I would normally go to -Windows>Settings/Preferences>Plug-in Manager and unload it from there.
When I create a new scene and add nothing and load Octane and then try to unload it again this gives the following error:

If I click "Force" Maya crashes.

If I delete the octaneSettings node and flush the undo queque before trying to unload the pop-up doesn't show but Maya crashes.

[calus]

The only way in Maya is to uninstall the octane pluggin

[Wenneker]

That doesn't work.
Octane remains in the scene file. Just doesn't load anymore.

[calus]

just saving the file again in binary format (mb) should get rid of the octane nodes, but if it does not, go to : File>Optimize scene size> remove unknown nodes > remove now

[Wenneker]

I'll try that. Thanks.
Bit of a hassle but if it works it'll do.