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OctaneRender for 3ds Max 3.0a9 - 3.0

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Hi Jim Thanks

I think texture 2d transformation scale doesn't work.

not updated values maps in the viewport

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44JObai ... e=youtu.be

Hello JimStar, thank you for your work.

I'm working on a VR scene with a camera cube map and there is a hhhuuge speed improvment : from 9h to 6h30 of rendertime.

Some issues :

- 1 the gamma setting in the camera imager doesn't respond, it seems that it stucked to gamma = 1. Changing this setting doesn't have any impact (tonemapping is ON), it worked on v2 but not on v3

- 2 with a specular material with scattering, the conversion is wrong, color is reversed by default

- 3 scattering doesn't work with diffuse material

- 4 HDRI rotation doesn't work

- 5 When you have a render region, material modification does not refresh, you have to close OR's Viewport and launch it again


Thank you in advance

Thanks Jim for this release,

Here are the bugs I spotted.
- 2D Transformation in RGB image node does not change the texture at all.
Also same applies for HDRI images in environment. Cant rotate hdri.
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- I was able to make it work.But couldn't able to produce god rays with it. But it seems like it's working Can't make Environment medium work in both Hdri or Daylight scenarios
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- Using region render in octane viewport stalls the render if perspective viewpoint is changed. Panned or rotated the view
Edit: -Can't find a way to render Volumes. VDB

As another request I would appreciate if you can prepare a sticky locked Gamma topic. And explain in plain words.
- That which workflow makes identical output as pre-2.13 version 'where max gamma was introduced"
- And which workflow is the correct one from now on.
That would be really great. I got confused every time I read your old posts and comparing it with other users comments

+1

Goldisart wrote:+1

What is this I cant understand?

oguzbir wrote:As another request I would appreciate if you can prepare a sticky locked Gamma topic. And explain in plain words.
- That which workflow makes identical output as pre-2.13 version 'where max gamma was introduced"
- And which workflow is the correct one from now on.
That would be really great. I got confused every time I read your old posts and comparing it with other users comments

What about a downloadable sample scene with reference settings?

oguzbir wrote:

Goldisart wrote:+1

What is this I cant understand?

"PatOctane" should be "Path Term Power"

RobSteady wrote:"PatOctane" should be "Path Term Power"

This is correctly written in max 2014. didn't update max 2016 .Will test soon

I'm just testing out the V3 version with a simple scene (Evermotion scene converted for the V2.25 of Octane). two things:
- really good the speed in the new version, 5min 01sec Vs 6min 58 sec (no parameter like "parallel samples" or "max tile" or "coherent ratio" was changed)
- sligthly different light result between two version (renderV3.jpg and renderV2.jpg), but the really strange thing is that if I render every single light source (environment, table light and ceiling lights), there is no difference between the two version of Octane
...where could be the problem then?