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Hi team,

I am reporting a bug in the Octane 2026.1 Houdini plugin regarding the Max Info Samples parameter.

The Issue:
The Max Info Samples setting within the Render AOV node is being completely ignored by the engine. This is not limited to a single pass; it affects the entire Info AOV category (Ambient Occlusion, Normals, etc.).

Regardless of the value set in Max Info Samples, these passes do not respect the local sample limit and seem to be decoupled from the parameter's input.

Testing details:

Kernel Max Samples: Set to 2500 (Scene beauty is clean).

Info AOVs behavior: Passes like Ambient Occlusion or Normals remain noisy or do not update their sampling quality when changing the Max Info Samples value (tested with both lower and higher values than the global Kernel limit).


Environment:

Octane Version: 2026.1
Houdini 21.0.440
Windows 11

Best regards,

Hey there!
Thanks for sharing about this info!
We are already aware of this problem and it should be fixed in the next release.
In the meantime if you want you can fix the issue for yourself by diving into the rendertarget (unlock it) go into the AOV subnet and set the info channel settings in the last AOV group node. Currently the parameter is linked to the wrong AOV group node and this doesn't affect the render.