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Hello I have a question. If I use Octane for maya and c4d. Lets say I would like to upgrade to a newer stable release.
So in C4D I will download the 7zip file,unpackt it and copy the folder on the plugin folder of my c4d. Do I need here to upgrade the standalone too?
And for maya? Do I need first to uninstall and then install the new version? I am very confuse, any recomendation will be appreciated.

Cheers,
Tinoxps

Hi Tinoxps,
for c4d:
first of all, go to c4d menu Help/Check for updates, and update c4d, then download the .zip or .rar file, uncompress it, remove the unnecessary .cdl64/.xdl64 files not related to your C4D RXX version, and copy/paste the c4doctane folder into plugins folder.
You can have several c4d RXX version installed, with a different c4doctane version in each one.

For Standalone:
It is important to download and run the Installer for the first time, then you can download and install the .zip version, you can have several different versions of Standalone installed.

For Maya:
again, you can have several Maya versions installed, with a different Octane version in each one.

ciao Beppe

Hi bepeg4d,

thanks for the clarification. It is actually pretty straightforward but I have now a couple of question more so I understand it to 100%:

-The version of the plugin is independent of the Standalone (while rendering? E.g I can have Octane Standalone 4.02.01 and have C4D-Octane 2018.3, there won't be any problems here? Or will it be better if I also install the Standalone 2018.3.

-If I want to open an old scene (maya or c4d) I would rather downgrade to the octance version the project was made with, so I do not encounter any Color diferences on the renders (in case there are some). So in C4D would unzip the old version and replace the folder in c4d. Is there a way I can do this in maya, maybe changin variables in the modules.

Cheers,
Tinoxps

Hi Tinoxps,
yes, the Standalone version installed could be different, but note that you could have several different Standalone versions installed with no issues, and if you need to export to Standalone from plugin, better to use the same SDK version of plugin.
About the Maya second question, sorry, I’m a c4d user. but personally, I have several C4D versions installed, R18/R19/R20/R21, everyone with a different c4doctane version installed in it, so I can switch between different SDK versions easily.
ciao Beppe