Octane and Maya 2016 render layers

[HOTFVFX]

Hey all,

I am very new to Octane (like two weeks new) and Im having an issue when using Octane with Mayas render layers.
When I have my scene set up with Mayas native render layers and batch render with Octane, a folder for each render layer is created like it supposed to and Octane says its rendering but no frames are written out. I watch Octane render in the script editor and everything seems fine but my folders stay empty. When I render with no render layers and separate everything out into different scenes like the old days everything renders fine.

I was under the impression that Octane and Mayas render layers worked, am I wrong, or is something else going on here?


Thanks

[k.a.schubert]

Hi HOTFVFX,

sorry for the bug.
Working on version 3.00 right now and redoing many parts.

Will look into this as soon as possible, but pretty busy atm.

Best,
Kai

[calus]

I am very new to Octane (like two weeks new) and Im having an issue when using Octane with Mayas render layers.
When I have my scene set up with Mayas native render layers and batch render with Octane, a folder for each render layer is created like it supposed to and Octane says its rendering but no frames are written out. I watch Octane render in the script editor and everything seems fine but my folders stay empty. When I render with no render layers and separate everything out into different scenes like the old days everything renders fine.

I was under the impression that Octane and Mayas render layers worked, am I wrong, or is something else going on here?

Yes Maya render layers mostly work with Octane (except some attributes can't be overridden).

I guess you have the same bug as logged here :
viewtopic.php?f=110&t=53504#p269956

This have to do with multi level sub-folders or using maya TOKEN in "filename setting".
Keep it really simple and everything will work (using them rigth now with a simple name and no root folder in "filename setting" and it works).

[HOTFVFX]

Great! Thanks for the reply Kai and Calus I appreciate it! I will give the naming thing a try. Good luck with the updates Kai, looking forward to it.

All the best.