OctaneRender Studio subscribers can access their software from the "Downloads" section of their Customer Account Page.
NEW FEATURES SINCE LAST RELEASE
- Upgraded to 2020.2.1
- Upgraded to Blender 2.92
- Added new texture utility nodes(channel inverter, channel merger, composite layer...)
- Added null material
- Supported new color correction node
- Supported OCIO color management in the octane preferences
- Supported new Octane export with OCIO
- Added the "OutRotation" in "Object Data", it can be used as the rotation for Falloff Tex or light direction
- Supported animated "offset" for Octane Image Textures
- Supported animated transforms in Scatter nodes(please use the newly added "OutTransformedGeo" output socket in such cases)
- Optimized camera imager/post-process render when the universal camera is used
FIXES SINCE LAST RELEASE
- Fixed the crash when using the Object Data node with an Empty
- Fixed the crash when opening "Octane DB" during the final rendering
- Fixed group node render issue
- Fixed Manta gas render issue
- Fixed instance color texture render issue
- Fixed the inverse layer issue in the composite texture
- Fixed the missing emission issue when changing the area light shape from "Square" to "Disk" in preview mode
- Fixed command line render crash
- Fixed probabilistic motion blur issue when the universal camera is used
You can read about new features of OctaneRender™ 2020.2.1 here:
viewtopic.php?f=24&t=77111
Make sure to use a NVIDIA Studio driver with version at least 456.38 on Windows or 455.23 on Linux to use this version. No driver updates are required for macOS 10.13 (CUDA).
The installation consists from two parts:
1. OctaneRender™ Server
2. Blender - OctaneRender™ edition
After starting OctaneServer it will take some time before the LiveDB tree and LiveDB material previews will be available from Blender - as OctaneServer caches the LiveDB data from remote server right after starting. But only the materials groups tree will be re-cached every time after server start, LiveDB material preview images will be cached only once - so only the very first OctaneServer start will need some more time before LiveDB tree will be available in Blender.
After the server is run - you can start rendering (or open a rendered view) from inside Blender.
Windows
DOWNLOAD (both distributives must be reinstalled, they depend on each other)
Blender Octane Edition - 23.3 (2.92)
Octane Server - Enterprise Edition - 23.3
Linux
Installation:
- Just run the installer to see its command line keys.
- If you need to run OctaneServer - run it as daemon:
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$ OctaneServer &Blender Octane Edition - 23.3 (2.92)
Octane Server - Enterprise Edition - 23.3
macOS (CUDA)
DOWNLOAD
Blender Octane Edition - 23.3 (2.92)
Octane Server - Enterprise Edition - 23.3
Please note, in regards to Bug Reporting:
- Bug Reports in this section refer to plugin-specific bugs only. Bugs originating from the Octane Standalone should be reported to the Standalone Forum section instead
- For faster troubleshooting, please provide as much information as possible. Please include:
- Your Hardware specifications (unless they are included in your signature)
- A clear description of the issue you have found
- Steps that you took to trigger this bug, so that we can reproduce it (ideally, please also provide screenshots. If possible, files for testing would also be appreciated).
- Whenever possible, please confirm that this issue is only happening in the plugin, and not also in the Standalone Edition (if the bug occurs in both, it is likely that this issue should be reported in the OctaneRender Standalone section of the Forums).
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