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Otoy® is proud to announce the availability of a new OctaneRender™ for Maya®
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 2019, 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024 64-bit on Windows, MacOS and Linux systems.

Octane for Maya masterclass:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fANBzifhSow&list=PLTqdDmFtprFkzaBM7cmp8ZipQCNupDD0H


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

Important: if using macOS, we strongly recommend that you update to version 13.3. Prior to 13.3, there is an OS related issue that causes a render failure consistently if you render for long periods of time.

Changes since version 21.24:

• Implemented Maya 2024 support.
• The oldest Maya 2018 is no longer supported (only 5 latest versions in work at a time). Users of archaic Maya versions can continue using 21.24 plugin.

NOTE: If you plan to use this plugin in Maya prior to 2023, DON'T UPDATE the Bifrost version from 2.4 installed by a Maya installer to 2.5! The Bifrost 2.5 SDK/API is completely incompatible with previous one, thus you will not be able to load this plugin.
For Maya 2023 the default-installed Bifrost 2.5 will work only for the plugin (no 2.4 support starting with Maya 2023).
Bifrost download page: HERE


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Subscription Studio+ Downloads
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OctaneRender for Maya Studio+ [Windows]

OctaneRender for Maya Studio+ [Linux]


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Prime Downloads
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OctaneRender for Maya Prime [MacOS]


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DEMO Downloads
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OctaneRender for Maya DEMO [Windows]

OctaneRender for Maya DEMO [Linux]

i'm having an issue getting the plugin to load in 2023. I only installed the default bifrost and nothing newer. getting this error:

// Error: file: C:/Program Files/Autodesk/Maya2023/scripts/others/pluginWin.mel line 316: The specified module could not be found.
(OctanePlugin)

any clue?

update: the previous version worked fine with 202. didn't do anything different with maya or when installing the previous version, so idk.

You must be sure both Bifrost and XGen are in Maya (must be at least Bifrost 2.5 for Maya 2023, 2.4 will not load with error exactly like this). The plugin depends on libraries of both of these.
I'm currently working on a workaround that should eliminate this dependency, so that you would be able to load without Bifrost and XGen. But this is a very big rework of this plugin, so I can't say when exactly this could be released (if possible at all). I plan it for the next version if all goes smoothly...

ah gotcha! thanks for the insight.