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				Octane Render Server activating error
				Posted: Sat Jan 05, 2019 8:45 am
				by OlegS
				Hello, I installed latest Octane for Blender and Octane server but whenever I launch OctaneServer it returns-  Error activate Octane Engine: Could not activate. OctaneRender Studio works fine.  I reinstalled it several times, tried different versions but no luck. Is there any way to make it work without system reinstall? Thanks
			 
			
					
				Re: Octane Render Server activating error
				Posted: Sat Jan 05, 2019 11:09 pm
				by J.C
				Have you upgraded to v4 on Otoy's website?
			 
			
					
				Re: Octane Render Server activating error
				Posted: Sun Jan 06, 2019 5:50 am
				by OlegS
				J.C wrote:Have you upgraded to v4 on Otoy's website?
I have tried 2018.1 - 17.0 and 4.01.1 - 16.3.1 none of which worked for OctaneServer. Blender works just fine.
 
			
					
				Re: Octane Render Server activating error
				Posted: Sun Jan 06, 2019 7:59 pm
				by mojave
				There's an issue that with the latest version of the blender plugin which would not activate unless there's an already existing session on your machine.
Until a new version gets released which this fix which will happen soon, you need to authenticate either using an older version or Octane Standalone.
			 
			
					
				Re: Octane Render Server activating error
				Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2019 1:14 am
				by OlegS
				mojave wrote:There's an issue that with the latest version of the blender plugin which would not activate unless there's an already existing session on your machine.
Until a new version gets released which this fix which will happen soon, you need to authenticate either using an older version or Octane Standalone.
Thanks for reply! I still can't make it work, i tried 15.3.4 version with standalone running fine. Can you please explain step by step what to download/launch in order to make it work please. 
 OctaneServer returns "could not activate" but I see it running as a process in task manager. Blender says "Render-server at adress "127.0.0.1 is not activated"
 
			
					
				Re: Octane Render Server activating error
				Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2019 5:37 am
				by OlegS
				My problem is resolved, thanks for answering