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I would like to know why when im using max2octane i get like 10 crashes each 100 frames and when im rendering on maya2octane plugin i dont get this errors. Ive tested it with all versions. What is really wierd is with max, i get alot of license problems while in maya it doesnt happen.
Other important thing is, if octane crash, than, max crash too, it's really annoying! Im not able to stop a render animation because if i stop or cancel it, max will crash too.

thank you by the attention.

Maybe the pause between sending two frames is greater, so that your graphics card can deallocate the memory.

face

I ahve 6 octane licenses on 6 different machines, i use octane with a quadro fx 5000, gtx 480, gtx 260, and in every machine i have the same problem.

Maybe the Max Plugin starts to send the new Data to Octane if the image is rendered.
That can give an error because the time, the memory needs to deallocate, is to little.
Because, the memory isn´t clear if the new data is comming.

The Maya Plugin wait one or two seconds, before the new data is send.
That gives the adapter the time to deallocate.

I mean to know, that the Max plugin is a script.
Search for the line which starts Octane.
After that, there should be a loop with a check, if the image is saved on disk.
If the image is saved, the next frame will exported.
Between the image check and the next frame add simply a delay command.
I don´t know in which language the script is, but the command should be named delay, pause or sleep.
Set the delay to 2000ms and the problem will fixed...

face

But why when you start the render ( plugin ) max get stuck? it doesnt happen with maya, when you launch the render you can cancel or whatever and maya will keep running, with max, it doesn't happen, when you start the render it get stuck ( Not Responding ) and max will only comeback to normal when octane finish to render all entire animation sequence, if you cancel it and close octane during the process, max keep stuck..

I don´t know. I´m not the developer...

face

Hey Killa, could you help me?

Hey Elvio!

I will add a pause to the loop as face recommends to see if it helps.

Try this one, it waits 2 seconds before sending the next frame

Try this one, it waits 2 seconds before sending the next frame