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Hi, i am looking to buy Octane Render, but after messing around the web page i can't get a clear idea about the exact octane capabilities , the feature list shows double asterisk for 1.x versions, the sales page shows Octane 1.0, and people in this forum are using 1.02x, what exactly i can expect after buying it?

-So what are the concrete additions/features right now?
-If i need a specific feature like instancing, how can i know when this is implemented so i can buy a license?
-Can you Reflective Software mark as bold or something the features with the ** when it has been implemented?

Thanks, and keep it up.

abus wrote:Hi, i am looking to buy Octane Render, but after messing around the web page i can't get a clear idea about the exact octane capabilities , the feature list shows double asterisk for 1.x versions, the sales page shows Octane 1.0, and people in this forum are using 1.02x, what exactly i can expect after buying it?

The version numbering admittedly is a little bit disorderly. Octane is basically in beta. The final version (1.0) is forthcoming once all of the features on the list are complete. A license will get you versions from now (beta) until 1.0 (final) and then beyond that through all of the 1.x versions (up until, but not including, 2.x).

abus wrote: -So what are the concrete additions/features right now?

For the most part, everything on the features page (http://refractivesoftware.com/features.html) has been implemented EXCEPT for the ones marked with an asterisk. I believe that there are a few exceptions (since the page might not have been updated recently). For example, I believe that "Shift Lens" was completed back in Janary. I also believe that "Alpha channel rendering with real-time UI compositing over images" has been completed, but I'm not sure (since alpha channels were added back in January, but I don't really know what "UI compositing over images" means).

abus wrote: -If i need a specific feature like instancing, how can i know when this is implemented so i can buy a license?

Instancing hasn't been completed yet, but it is supposedly one of the next things on the list to be implemented.

abus wrote: -Can you Reflective Software mark as bold or something the features with the ** when it has been implemented?

As I stated above, the things marked as completed are the items without the asterisks.