Get Octane Render For Unreal Engine 5 - Virtual Production

EDIT: If you want a license you'll need to create an account and activate a free subscription to Octane for Unreal in your account. Otherwise you will have trouble with this installation.
Octane Render was released for Unreal Engine 5 very recently and I thought I'd do an installation video as a primer for some future videos and tutorials centered around using Octane Render for Unreal Engine 5 for those of us using a dererred render pipeline in virtual production.
I have used Octane render for a while now with Unreal Engine 4 and this is my first trial of the software un the newly released UE5. It is currently a beta piece of software but I love the results.
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[@dextermchaze]

I'm currently learning UE and absolutely love your tutorials. The way you communicate and show features/concepts/techniques etc etc... it's simple and lovely. Please keep it up, you'll definitely help a lot of people like myself. Cheers!

[@JoshuaMKerr]

Thanks for the encouragement. Good to know the videos are appreciated. Ill certainly be continuing to make stuff here on KZbin.

[@MiDaY_i]

Looking forward to the next one man!!!! Insane stuff you do for the UE Community!

[@JoshuaMKerr]

Thanks man. Glad you enjoy it

[@synsOFvengeance]

Can't wait to see the next one with the steps to make it look that good! great work

[@JoshuaMKerr]

Me too. Theres some good little hacks.

[@gu9838]

thanks for the video i saw the blank screen in the render view and was like uhh what. so this helps lol

[@JoshuaMKerr]

No worries mate

[@toapyandfriends]

You have really awesome videos....fyi... you'd hedge your bets on becoming an even more successful KZbin channel... by having the link to the video or the website you're referring to in the description just a little constructive criticism...🙂🙂 I wish the best for your channel🙂🙂🙂🙂

[@cathychoi6959]

I do appreciate Octane quality. but since it turns to dominate all the lights, materials in Octane, bit overlap during my work progress.

[@JoshuaMKerr]

Its certainly not for everyone. I imagine that when UEs own pathtracer improves I will likely use that more. But until then this works.

[@georgeluna6217]

great info many thanks. Are you planning maybe a more detailed walkthrough regarding octane in UE 5?

[@JoshuaMKerr]

I am indeed! Probably quite a few videos considering how well everyone has responded here.

[@zechariahlaughlin1388]

I am having trouble finding the sequencer output settings for outputing an octane rendered sequence.. Anyone know how to get the sequencer to work with the Octane Render Target. I might just be missing something obvious here...

[@JoshuaMKerr]

Take a look at the legacy render option instead of MRQ. You should see octane as an option there.

[@BernhardRieder1]

very cool Josh. Any tut that shows how to export a C4D file with Octane Shaders to UE5, that keeps the Octane materials?

[@JoshuaMKerr]

look at orbx export options from C4D. I dont know that software well enough to make a tut im afraid.

[@syedsafisalam6799]

Amazing. Thank you for the video. Please do more tutorials on Octane shaders and settings in unreal. Also please let us know of decals work with octane render. Downloading octane right away!!!

[@JoshuaMKerr]

I will certainly be doing more. I know they have a release that supports decals but will have to test before confirming.

[@syedsafisalam6799]

@@JoshuaMKerr thank you. Love your tutorials

[@vayor6118]

Awesome! Thanks for sharing... Question: Would you still start off a major project in UE5? knowing you had to revert to UE4 (Referring to FILMMAKER Breaks.. UNREAL ENGINE video) due to octane incompatibility rendering issues, what Engine version would you use?(with UE not being backward compatible). Thanks!

[@JoshuaMKerr]

Not sure theres a straightforward answer there. but personally im using ue5 in my next film project.

[@vayor6118]

Thanks! You’ve been quite helpful 👍…Looking forward to your new uploads.

[@JoshuaMKerr]

@@vayor6118 I try :)

[@vaskerstudio9429]

quick question, what is the purpose of using octane in UE when there is a native path tracer .

[@JoshuaMKerr]

Its all down to what is supported and the look of the result. Unreals path tracer (in my opinion) gives good results but has bugs and a lot of unsupported features. It also still takes into account things like light attenuation settings, which you may or may not want. Octane is an unbiased path tracer that supports a lot of features that the native tracer doesn't and offers a much higher degree of control. And in my opinion the results look superior. Both pieces of software have some way to go but its good to know whats out there.

[@vaskerstudio9429]

@@JoshuaMKerr Thanks for the response, keep up the good work. hope to see more videos on this as octane is what i use for houdini, but still having some issues when it comes to UE 5 and how slow it takes to process ..

[@JoshuaMKerr]

@@vaskerstudio9429 You should take a peek at the latest vid where I run through my main kernel settings. I may do a more deep dive on a future video.

[@vaskerstudio9429]

@@JoshuaMKerr Sweet! much appreciated

[@goranthoren5522]

Thanks for the video, looking forward to the next one! So, does this mean I can set up my materials and product logos in C4D and it will transfer over to Unreal? That would be an awesome workflow!

[@JoshuaMKerr]

I thought octane was already availlable in C4D?

[@goranthoren5522]

@@JoshuaMKerr Yes, I use Octane as one of my main renderers. It would be awesome if my Octane setup in C4D would transfer over to Unreal since there are much more I can do there, like interactivity, configurators etc.

[@JoshuaMKerr]

I see what you mean. You should be able to export and import the orbx format. I'd be keen to know if it works for you.

[@goranthoren5522]

@@JoshuaMKerr Thanks, Joshua! I will definitely check that out!

[@Valk-Kilmer]

Sadly doesn't work with Ultra Dynamic sky.

[@JoshuaMKerr]

It may support it in future. Octane is still not full release.

[@Valk-Kilmer]

@@JoshuaMKerr I do hope so because path tracing in UE5 still isn't great. I've ditched VRay etc

[@G3N3ZIS]

Hi everybody 🙂 I hope you can help me out here. I have been looking for a good way to create scratches or erosion to edges on my Cinema4d models and move it to Unreal but I am having problems. there are many tutorials on creating this in Octane but my question is. Can I just simply make a C4d/Octane material and apply it to the model and get a similar result/look to the edges inside of Unreal? How does Unreal convert the c4d/octane materials?

[@JoshuaMKerr]

Hope someone jumps in to help on this. I know at least that the octane plugin allows you to import orbx files from elsewhere.

[@G3N3ZIS]

@@JoshuaMKerr I will do some experimenting tonight and report back 👍

[@JoshuaMKerr]

Super stuff! Deffinitely post what you find. We all help each other.

[@chrishekman8068]

Dev here, you can import octane orbx files. This will turn your materials into octane materials in unreal. These should be identical to what they look like in c4d octane. It also generates a previz material for the unreal side, which will attempt to convert the octane material to an unreal material - which is lossy.

[@zhiqiangyang4980]

Changing the rendering size will have the problem of window jam. How do you solve it? Please give more tutorials. Thank you

[@JoshuaMKerr]

Can you tell me a bit more about what you mean?

[@zhiqiangyang4980]

@@JoshuaMKerr I found two problems 1 ：Cannot create octane material 2：Software often crashes

[@JoshuaMKerr]

@@zhiqiangyang4980 I did say its beta software and will have issues. but its possible to work around crashes when you get the hang of it.

[@richardbarbosa5498]

Hello, I would like to know if octane is supported and is available for UE5 on MAC M1seris

[@JoshuaMKerr]

I'm not sure. Have you checked their website?

[@pelomundo2080]

don't have it for mac?

[@JoshuaMKerr]

I think Unreal is just PC

[@RepaireroftheBreach]

I’ve heard octane supports multiple GPU rendering in UE? Is that correct? If so do I need nvlink or will dual 4090’s work?

[@JoshuaMKerr]

It does support multi gpu rendering but I'm not sure if that's a free or paid feature at the moment. I also haven't tried it personally. Maybe somebody who has will jump in here.

[@RepaireroftheBreach]

Thanks. I’m trying to do research on this and not finding much info and no way to contact octane. I assume the multiple GPU rendering only works with path tracing? Not lumen?

[@LaurentFranchet]

I have downloaded from Github and compiled the latest version of the UE5.1. It laucnhes fine. I have then dowloaded the latest version of the UE Octane Plugin (Octane 2021.1.6 for Unreal Engine - 0.58) from the forum as you explain. I then installed the plugin in the Unreal Engine folder. The install process completes without error. But when I try to launch the Unreal Editor, the launching aborts with an error message indicating that the OctanePlugin failed to load because the OctanePlugin module is missing. What should I do?

[@chrishekman8068]

Dev here. UE5.1 is not supported yet as we only support released and preview builds

[@JoshuaMKerr]

Thanks for jumping in Chris! It was awesome to see your comment pop up :)

[@LaurentFranchet]

@@chrishekman8068 thanks for your reply. I am very surprised because in this very video , Joshua demonstrates Octane 2021.1.6 working with UE5.1 , it would seem.

[@chrishekman8068]

@@LaurentFranchet I think that is the 0.51 plugin version.

[@LaurentFranchet]

@@chrishekman8068 so I should download the version 0.51 (if it is still available) and it will work with the UE5.1 like it does in the video? It is strange that an older version would be compatible but not a newer.

[@peymanjajarmi8421]

Thanks for this video. Is it possible to get Unreal Engine 5 without fog or cloud rendering problem? I mean, are these solvable with octa settings or not?

[@JoshuaMKerr]

Ill cover some of these things in a future video but in short octane can use its own fog system which is quite good. It doesnt support unreal volumetric cloud but you could create an hdri of your scene and plug that in. It doesnt mean these things wont be supported in future of courae

[@peymanjajarmi8421]

@@JoshuaMKerr Thank you. It can help a lot. Unfortunately, Unreal output is not good at all. Do you have an Instagram page?

[@JoshuaMKerr]

@@peymanjajarmi8421 I don't, I'm just here on youtube. Stick with me for the next one, I really like octane fog. Octane solves a lot of my problems with unreal virtual production.

[@syedsafisalam6799]

I followed the steps and it's showing me Licence not available. Is octane free or only the plugin is free?

[@JoshuaMKerr]

The octane for UE plugin is free. You may need to activate the license in your account. Maybe look in subscriptions.

[@madedigital]

subbed thanks

[@JoshuaMKerr]

welcome aboard

[@JaroAtry]

Does Octane have any advantage over the Path Tracer?

[@JoshuaMKerr]

Yes and no. Both have strengths and weaknesses. I prefer the look of the octane pathtracer personally. It's really a question of who develops the products quicker. I don't think UE's pathtracer is really suitable for my work yet but others may feel differently.

[@JoshuaMKerr]

You also might be interested that the pathtracer in UE takes into account the light attenuation radius we set in each light. Octane on the other hand doesn't, which means it doesnt limit the rays from each light. Probably why Octane looks better.

[@jessicaweitzel4027]

How do you deactivate it to use in other programs?

[@JoshuaMKerr]

I believe activation is done in your account on the otoy website.

[@user-tt7jz8gl8r]

It always gives me an error when opening unreal because it says that octane version isn’t compatible with version 5 Can anyone help?

[@JoshuaMKerr]

What version of the engine are you using 5.03 or 5.1

[@user-tt7jz8gl8r]

@@JoshuaMKerr 5.1 omg im so stupid completely forgot im talking about Mac im just so triggered with this software right now, that there is not a single way to make path tracing renders on Mac (M1 Pro)

[@pawprinting]

Is OCTANE is still only exclusive to Nvidia GPUS?

[@JoshuaMKerr]

Im actually not sure about this. I haven't seen anything about it. Maybe check their site.

[@raymantisful]

I cant get this working for the life of me :( I've run and installed all the versions it could possibly be but plugin just never appears

[@JoshuaMKerr]

What engine version and plugin version combos have you got installed

[@raymantisful]

@@JoshuaMKerr thanks for the reply, i've tried to install on both 5.0 and 5.1 all the plugin versions look the same in my download folder. but I tried all the latest ones and the one you downloaded

[@JoshuaMKerr]

And you've checked the engine plugins folder to make sure it's installed correctly?

[@raymantisful]

@@JoshuaMKerr yup the octane folder is in there, just doesnt appearing in unreal

[@JoshuaMKerr]

Is it not listed in plugins? Maybe it needs enabling?

[@imiy]

But it takes a lot of time to render, isn't it? What's the point of UE then?

[@JoshuaMKerr]

Ue is great for building big worlds and scenes. You can render in UE if you want and its real time...but not realistic (its raster and raytracing based) but if you want to use a pathtracer for physically accurate lighting then octane is good for that.

[@imiy]

@@JoshuaMKerr but why to use UE and not other 3d software then?

[@JoshuaMKerr]

@@imiy Theres planty of tools amd you can use what youre most comfortable with. I would say unreal is useful because it comes with a lot of plug and play assets like megascans and the whole marketplace is packed with useful stuff. And all can be used for filmmaking rather than working from scratch in other software.

[@yapanwolf]

hmm, not working for me

[@JoshuaMKerr]

What happens for you?

[@yapanwolf]

@@JoshuaMKerr I downloaded custom release for UE5.0, installed it, fired up UE, tried to install plugin but there was none named octane

[@yapanwolf]

i have UE5.0.3 version

[@JoshuaMKerr]

To install it I open the downloaded installer before launching UE. Check your engine plugins folder to see if the octane folder is there

[@yapanwolf]

@@JoshuaMKerr i did it what U told me but i don`t understand why it`s not working for me. Josh what is Your path to install the plugin? my path is c:/programfiles/octane

[@SuperlativeCG]

It's quite impressive.

[@JoshuaMKerr]

Thanks!