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This is the recommended thread for downloading, and posting any questions, suggestions or support queries for OctaneRender for Poser TEST and STABLE releases.

SOLUTIONS TO COMMON ISSUES

1) Make sure your NVIDIA drivers are up to date.

2) Make sure you have the latest Poser Service Release installed.

3) Pls read http://poserphysics.blogspot.com.au/201 ... pport.html prior to posting support issues.

4) Cuda error 999 - failed to load shader code: Multiple definition of 'cpSptStatistics' in 'cuda_teturemode' means that your plugin version is too old for the Nvidia drivers that are installed, so update to the latest version of the plugin.

5) LiveDb materials containing OSL nodes will not load into the plugin correctly. The plugin does not currently support OSL Projection or Texture nodes. Instead, copy these Livedb materials into the clipboard from Octane Standalone and paste them into a NodeGraph material in the plugin.

5) If you get render artifacts at a joint between two Body Parts of a Figure, switch the Figure's Skinning Method to "Poser Unimesh".

Poser Version
This release only runs on Poser 12 and Poser 13. It will not run on Poser 11

To use this version, you need a GPU of compute model 3.0 or higher. Support for Fermi GPUs (like GTX 4xx and 5xx) has been dropped. Also make sure you use a driver of version 452 or higher and if you are working on Mac OS that have a CUDA driver installed that supports at least CUDA 9.1.

Network Rendering
For Network Rendering, you must use the Octane slave release from the Octane Standalone installer which matches the exact Octane version of the plugin you are using.

Support Issues
If you have a support issue, pls provide the following information:
- OctaneRender for Plugin version (ie. 2.23.1.56)
- Poser version (Poser -> Help -> About Poser) - list the build number (eg. 9.0.3.23027)
- Operating System (ie. Win XP, Vista, 7, 8)
- Amount of RAM
- Graphics Card(s) - model (ie. GTX 580, 3GB)
- Nvidia driver version

Also have ready a copy of
- octaneplugin.log and cuda.log file from your Poser temp direction (Poser -> Edit -> General Preferences -> Misc tab to find the temp directory), and
- config.xml, which is in C:\Users\[username]\AppData\Roaming\Poser Pro\9 for Poser 9/2012 and C:\Users\[username]\AppData\Roaming\Poser Pro\10 for Poser10/2014.

If you have questions
- Read the latest up-to-date on-line manual
- Read Wim's Poser Plugin User Guide
- Watch the Features Video
- Read the Features Blog Posting
- Watch the Introductory Tutorial
- Watch the Instancing Video
- Watch the HDR Light Studio Video
- Post your question on this forum thread

Download Links

Current STABLE build for Poser 12 and Poser 13 (Octane 2025.2)

• For users with a Studio+ subscription license
  • - Windows - OctaneRender for Poser 2025.2.0.127
  Demo version
  • - Windows - OctaneRender for Poser 2025.2.0.127

Current STABLE build for Poser 12 and Poser 13 (Octane 2025.1)

• For users with a Studio+ subscription license
  • - Windows - OctaneRender for Poser 2025.1.0.127
  Demo version
  • - Windows - Available soon

Release Notes

2025.2.0.127 (13-May-2025)
- Compiled with Octane 2025.2

2025.1.0.127 (16-Apr-2025)
- Fixed issue resulting in a python exception when opening the Octane Viewport

2025.1.0.126 (7-Apr-2025)
- Compiled with Octane 2025.1
- Exporting an animation now sets the Object Layer node name to the mesh name
- Changes related to Octane 2025.1....
- Added the "UV coordinate with transform" node
- "Ray Step Increase Factor" pin has been added to the Medium nodes
- Updates to the "Chaos texture" node
- 11 New blend modes for output AOV layers
- Changed the maximum and default values for all kernels for "Parallel samples" and "Max. tile samples" pins.
- Added the "Camera mask" render pass
- Added option to the "Metallic Reflection Mode" pin of the "Metallic Material" node
- Add the "Pre-multiplied Alpha" pin to the "Output Aov"->"Blend"->"Texture" node
- The "Realistic lens camera" has been added - however the Aperture cannot be set by the plugin, so the FOV does not match with Octane.
- Not Implemented: Decals
- Not implemented: Mesh Vertex Rest Positions

Paul

Hi Paul,
thanks for the update of the plugin, but it won't start on my end.
I'm getting the following error msg., even tho I've just updated to the latest nvidia driver (572.83) for Win 10 64bit, the just released new Poser version (13.3.1041) and rebooted. The latest or 2024 version still run, if i re-install it again.
Any suggestions, please? Thank you.

Edit: I just noticed, I haven't installed an OR 2025 standalone version, would this matter?

Edit 2: I just installed the latest OR 2025 version, within that, it also updated/downloaded and installed the NVIDIA cuDNN thingy, but sadly it still gives me the above posted error msg. (plugin could not be loaded) after starting Poser 13.

I think I found a solution.
The log gave away, that the octane.dll and octane.dat were not found.
So I located them and put them into the folder, the plugin was looking for them, according to the log (...\Runtime\Python\addons\OctaneRender\Windows\octane.dll and ...\Runtime\Python\addons\OctaneRender\Windows\octane.dat)
Looks like it solved it.
The folder ...\OctaneRender\Windows already had a file named PoserOctane_Studio.dll in it.

Thanks Erick

I have updated the installer at the top of this thread to fix this issue.

Paul

Hey Paul, having an issue. It seems the the back plane is showing just black and the rendering window.
I switch it from planetary or to texture. And the background is still black.

This seems to be working for me.
The backplate only shows where there is no geometry. Is it possible you have the ground plane enabled?

Paul

face_off wrote: Wed May 28, 2025 11:02 am This seems to be working for me.

visible environment.png

The backplate only shows where there is no geometry. Is it possible you have the ground plane enabled?

Paul

No, I even deleted it. Same issue

What is the version number of the plugin that you are using please?

face_off wrote: Thu May 29, 2025 12:18 pm What is the version number of the plugin that you are using please?

2025.1.0.127.
I think I solved the problem. I tried other old projects and was having the same issue. But one happened to not have that same issue. So I exported the render target settings and applied it to the newer scene. And then save the settings as a default. And I no longer have that issue. Even with newer scenes.
So I think it was an issue with my default settings.

Good to know - thanks.

Paul