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It may still be in the strategy, I wouldn't know.

sounds good.

The advantage of a more direct connection with the renderer (such as with Iray) is of course that you don't have to go through the hassle of exporting the scene and trying to make it work in the target.

Octane is direct.   You don't export anything.    OCTANE OPENS IN THE APP.  

  some things depend on the Coder.  i prefer it where most materials are converted as auto as possible.  Some offer this.     Then its almost as if OCTANE is built right in, seamlessly.    You can change out materials though.  

Lightwave Octane plugin sticks to nodes,   which you have to spaghetti,   which I dont like.

I looked at Octane, for example, but I'm not smart enough to get it to work 

you probably saw the stand alone - that one I never use,  just plugins.

At one time, it was in RL's business strategy to offer multiple render options. This was expressed after Indigo was introduced. It may still be in the strategy, I wouldn't know.

The advantage of a more direct connection with the renderer (such as with Iray) is of course that you don't have to go through the hassle of exporting the scene and trying to make it work in the target. I looked at Octane, for example, but I'm not smart enough to get it to work. Others may have more luck.

EDIT: Two almost similar threads on rendering...:unsure: That last part about Blender (now removed) really belonged in the other thread...:blush:

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This is understood by all the coders.

A year ago,   Iclone may not have had the rep / features to compete with the big boys.   But with 7 it looks like they are
now in the game.  

Why stop halfway?


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well that's true of about every app.   But the convenience of plugin Octane is Now in 20 different apps!  People
obviously choose that over building a pipeline.

 this is not part of RL's business /market strategy.

Does it have to be?    I doubt it's a part of the 20 other apps strategies either.  

But many thousands obviously choose a high quality render option that the host app wasn't offering.  In return the host app staff doesn't have to commit resources/ time / development to offer it.

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1) Who says it isn't in the works

I've seen no evidence to that effect.   Usually it appears, a forum starts over there, for a particular app.   Some looked real modest starting up.
My guess is some of the experienced coders look at the opportunity/ opening,  and then someone decides to run with it.

I've seen coders,  do one app, gain experience,.  then suddenly they do 2 , or 3 more in a row.   The coder  of each plugin moderates that particular subforum, and handles questions,  problems,  updates,  etc.

A lot of people are happy with Octane.  For example,  Blender Octane seems active,  even though they've had cycles, and now Eevee concurrently.
Unity wouldn't be adding Octane if it wasn't top drawer.   Real time, OCTANE BRIGADE, is reportedly being merged into Octane 4.   So it should be real good.

(2) Did you request it yet, what did they say?                               

No, I'm just a customer who's observed.

Ive done nothing but put this out here now for discussion..    I don't know if their are legal, or technical issues that need to be addressed.  If so,  there's about every app who's managed to overcome it.

(1) Who says it isn't in the works
(2) Did you request it yet, what did they say?

Not easy building a pipeline.

But why isn't Octane 4 in Iclone?  { unity has it }     Great , fast, rendering.

What's stopping it?    Every other app has Octane available now,  even
sketchup !

4 easy steps.

1.  Request new Iclone forum at Otoy render forums:

https://render.otoy.com/forum/

2.. Coders there will be happy to port Octane to ANY app.    { experts who port to any app }

3.   Plugin  done in +/ -  30 days.  

 4  Those who want it,  just purchase plugin.   Low cost.

           EASY.            EASY.              EASY.