# OctaneBlender

## Separated render application

OctaneBlender is a special release of Blender with Octane included.
As it is not the same as Blender, RR handles it as a separate render application.

Just like Maya is different to Nuke in RR.

## Same config file

By default "Blender" and "OctaneBlender" share the render config file 3D19__Blender____global.inc and 3D19__Blender____global__inhouse.inc.
If you have setup Blender as shared Executable with 3D19__Blender____global__inhouse.inc, then this application is setup as Shared exe as well.

## Octane Server

•Octane Blender requires you to run the Octane Server as well.
It must be started before you start Blender.

•According to the Octane help files, each OctaneBlender version must run the same version of OctaneServer.
And that means that it would be very difficult to use multiple different Octane versions for different render jobs.

•OctaneServer is not a part of OctaneBlender and therefore it does not work if you want to use Blender as Shared Executable in RR.

RR has a solution for these "issues":

1.Please create a subfolder named "OctaneServer" in your Blender folder.
e.g. C:\Program Files\OctaneBlender30.7.0\OctaneServer

2.Copy the contents of your OctaneServer installation (e.g. C:\Program Files\OctaneServerStudio30.7) into this folder.

3.Enable the rrJob setting "Start_Octane_Server"