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I am very disappointed and angry for Octane render. and right now I want my money back.
I used standalone 2.xx Octane render with Maya through an old exporter and I was quite happy. However, in recent months I began to have some problems (not exported the camera, did not export the model in the right scale, did not export some parts ...) so I decided to buy the integrated version and switch to max.
BAD CHOICE.
Upgade to 3.xx version and 3dsmax plug-in are 400€ almost.
I will list all the bugs:
- Region DON'T WORK
- octane render viewport 3 TIMES ON 5 NOT WORK (remains blocked on black or with evaluation scene write)
- in 3dsmax the render is more slower than stand alone. but not some second . Minutes . For exemple same scene in 3dsmax almost 3 minutes in stand alone 15 second.
- animation NOT EXPORTED
- camera in max NOT EXPORTED
- displacement in 3dsmax NOT WORK if i export and open it in standalone version works
- Imager in max NOT WORK
- Post Processing WORK but with overscale parameters (then the version stand alone)

I tried with all versions. 3.02- 3.17 also 2.25 to 2.22 version as 3dsmax plugins and also combining the different versions of the standalone version 3.02, 3.01 and 2.25. always problems.

If these are the bags that this plug-in I want to have my money back.

my configuration is:
Windows 7 (64bit)
GTX 560 ti (viewport) + GTX 660 ti (octane)
total ram gpu 3 gb
Nvidia driver version 368.81
OctaneRender Standalone version (now) 3.02
OctaneRender plugin version 3.02-3.17
3dsmax 2016 (i don't know which buid)
Processor i5 - 4570 (3.20)
24gb ram
ssd

only I have all these problems? how to solve them? I go back to using vray?

Hi yogurt,
I support Plugin Developers,
I'll try to answer about your issue.
First of all, I would recommend you to install
Octane Render 3.03.4 - Octane 3dsmax plugin 4.20 - Last Nvidia Drivers

- Region DO NOT WORK
>>>>  4.20 Region render works

- Octane render viewport 3 TIMES ON 5 NOT WORK (remains blocked on black or write scenes with evaluation)
- In the 3dsmax render is more slower than stand alone. but not some second. Minutes. For exemple same scene in 3dsmax almost 3 minutes in 15 second stand alone.
>>>> 660ti video card does not have a lot of ram, You should try to set the parallel sample to 1 and then increase it and check.
(SCREENSHOT)

- Animation NOT EXPORTED
>>>> 4.20 Animation exported.

- CAMERA for max NOT EXPORTED
>>>> This is not a bug, it is an alembic issue. I am attaching a lua script by Bepe4d. It's a workaround for using the 3ds max camera in stand alone.
(SCREENSHOT)

- Displacement in 3dsmax NOT WORK if the export and open it in the standalone version works
>>>> 4.20 Displacement works.

- Imager in max NOT WORK
>>>> Octane Plugin Developer are working on the solution of some issue.

- Post Processing WORK but with OVERSCALE parameters (then the stand-alone version)
>>>> 4.20 Post processing works; same parameters in 3dsmax as standalone.

I hope you got some solutions about your issue.
Let me know if you solved your issue.
Regards
Paride