OctaneRender for Maya 2021.1-20.7 [OBSOLETE]

[JimStar]

Forum rules:
NOTE: The software in this forum thread is not 100% reliable, this is a development build and is meant for testing by experienced octane users. If you are a new octane user, we recommend to use the current stable release.

!!! THIS IS THE BETA VERSION OF OctaneRender PLUGIN, IT IS RELEASED FOR INITIAL BUG HUNTING ONLY !!!
!!! PLEASE DON'T USE IT FOR PRODUCTION & DON'T SAVE THE SCENES FROM THIS BETA VERSION FOR FUTURE USE AS THERE ARE HIGH CHANCES TO LOSE THEM !!!
!!! SCENES SAVED IN THIS BETA VERSION ARE NOT GUARANTEED TO WORK IN SUBSEQUENT VERSIONS !!!
!!! THE RENDER ENGINE IS YET TO BE STABLE, SOME CRASHES & BUGS ARE EXPECTED FOR THIS TEST VERSION OF THE PLUGIN !!!


Otoy® is proud to announce the availability of a new test version of OctaneRender™ for Maya®: OctaneRender™ 2021
The world's fastest and most feature-rich unbiased render engine that integrates completely into Autodesk® Maya®.

Maya® Version Requirements

This release will work with Maya® Versions 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2022 64-bit on Windows, Linux and macOS operating systems.


Changelog and the installers for Octane Standalone 2021 are here:
OctaneRender Standalone 2021.1


Changes since 20.5:

• Integrated the 2021.1 engine.
• Implemented nParticles support with Octane geometry primitives.
• Fixed light visibility issue.
• Fixed transform/projection bug in Chainmail texture.

Known issues:

• The MacOS version of Octane SDK is still not available.

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[Jolbertoquini]

Hi Jim,

Thanks for the update, how it works "Implemented nParticles support with Octane geometry primitives." I have particle but doesn't render need any particular settings to make work?

also quick question will be available nodes for "Scatter on surface" or "Scatter in volume" aswell to add octane meshs "Geometric primitive"? I guess via Orbx proxy?

Best,
Jo

[BK]

Hi Jim,

Thanks for the update, how it works "Implemented nParticles support with Octane geometry primitives." I have particle but doesn't render need any particular settings to make work?

also quick question will be available nodes for "Scatter on surface" or "Scatter in volume" aswell to add octane meshs "Geometric primitive"? I guess via Orbx proxy?

Best,
Jo

Hi Jo,

Thanks for the post.
Please try assigning Octane material to nParticle and see if it works!
Yeah, the "Scatter on surface" or "Scatter in volume" works via ORBX proxy but Jim will look into implementing it in future releases.

cheers

[Jolbertoquini]

Hi Jim,

Thanks for the update, how it works "Implemented nParticles support with Octane geometry primitives." I have particle but doesn't render need any particular settings to make work?

also quick question will be available nodes for "Scatter on surface" or "Scatter in volume" aswell to add octane meshs "Geometric primitive"? I guess via Orbx proxy?

Best,
Jo

Hi Jo,

Thanks for the post.
Please try assigning Octane material to nParticle and see if it works!
Yeah, the "Scatter on surface" or "Scatter in volume" works via ORBX proxy but Jim will look into implementing it in future releases.

cheers

Hi Bikram,

it's working for me but is really sensible on Maya 2018 crash a lot each time I change any seettings

Best,
JO

[BK]

Hi Jim,

Thanks for the update, how it works "Implemented nParticles support with Octane geometry primitives." I have particle but doesn't render need any particular settings to make work?

also quick question will be available nodes for "Scatter on surface" or "Scatter in volume" aswell to add octane meshs "Geometric primitive"? I guess via Orbx proxy?

Best,
Jo

Hi Jo,

Thanks for the post.
Please try assigning Octane material to nParticle and see if it works!
Yeah, the "Scatter on surface" or "Scatter in volume" works via ORBX proxy but Jim will look into implementing it in future releases.

cheers

Hi Bikram,

it's working for me but is really sensible on Maya 2018 crash a lot each time I change any seettings

Best,
JO

Hi Jo,

Great to hear it's working now!
Btw, we tried with Maya 2018.8 update, and seems to be working fine.
Would it be possible to share your scene?

cheers

[videoprice]

Hi, guys. Houston, we have a problem.
// Error: file: C:/Program Files/Autodesk/Maya2022/scripts/others/pluginWin.mel line 316: Unable to dynamically load : C:/Program Files/OctaneRender VR for Maya/2022/plug-ins/OctanePlugin.mll
The specified module could not be found.

OctanePlugin.mll present in Maya/2022/plug-ins
Don't know there is the point here
Last win 10 21H2. Maya 2022.2

[BK]

Hi, guys. Houston, we have a problem.
// Error: file: C:/Program Files/Autodesk/Maya2022/scripts/others/pluginWin.mel line 316: Unable to dynamically load : C:/Program Files/OctaneRender VR for Maya/2022/plug-ins/OctanePlugin.mll
The specified module could not be found.

OctanePlugin.mll present in Maya/2022/plug-ins
Don't know there is the point here
Last win 10 21H2. Maya 2022.2

Hi Houston,

Thanks for the post!

We are unable to replicate this on our workstation!
Would you please check if the OctanePlugin.mll file is present?

There may be some dynamic dependency library files that are required by the Octane library are missing.
Please try enabling Xgen plugin even though it is not used and let us know how it goes!


cheers

[JimStar]

Please try enabling Xgen plugin even though it is not used

Just installing, enabling is not necessary. Most likely there are some dependency libraries (required by Octane) lost in your installation of Maya 2022, like for example XGen libs.

[videoprice]

Thanks for answer. Problem solved:)

Hi, guys. Houston, we have a problem.
// Error: file: C:/Program Files/Autodesk/Maya2022/scripts/others/pluginWin.mel line 316: Unable to dynamically load : C:/Program Files/OctaneRender VR for Maya/2022/plug-ins/OctanePlugin.mll
The specified module could not be found.

OctanePlugin.mll present in Maya/2022/plug-ins
Don't know there is the point here
Last win 10 21H2. Maya 2022.2

Hi Houston,

Thanks for the post!

We are unable to replicate this on our workstation!
Would you please check if the OctanePlugin.mll file is present?

There may be some dynamic dependency library files that are required by the Octane library are missing.
Please try enabling Xgen plugin even though it is not used and let us know how it goes!


cheers