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I go between 3 machines regularly and find the online activation brilliant. I've a 4th machine just for rendering. The vote button mentioning about a license used by a rendering machine. Is that more towards a plugin preventing it been used on the main machine rather than an instance of C4D? I use render server/ client and the only issue is if a plugin is required for rendering then I can't use that same plugin on my main machine the same time. Other than that it's very handy just releasing a license with a few clicks. Haven't encountered major issues yet (touch wood). Not sure what would happen in the case of internet connection dropping.

One person's rubbish is another person's treasure. I find it quick, simple and basic. Could've been much better with some investment. I guess it'll eventually go the way of Story where it'll be automatically removed from any users computers.

😮 I didn't know about this... Googled it and sure enough here they are Awesome!

Oh there is a workaround.... Just export the Fuse model to local drive. .Zip the folder and upload to Mixamo. So it seems just the integration from Fuse to save models to CC library or export directly to Mixamo from Fuse has been killed.

This really sucks. Just noticed last night when getting errors trying to save to CC libraries and export to Mixamo. Is there an alternative to Fuse, maybe DAZ or something like that?

I have seen some videos where the 30 series is described as one of the worst power to performance cards that leaves no room for overclocking. I don't think it's as straightforward as lowering max GPU clock, but this isn't really something I'm knowledgeable on. I'm practically just repeating what I've seen in small sample of videos...even at that I might be miscommunicating it 😄. JayTwoCents goes over it from around 8min 40sec My main interest in the cards are how they render with the different 3rd parties. Maybe overclocking is a thing in the 3D rendering world? I've got a FE 1080Ti and don't overclock that. There's probably a gap in the YouTube market just for just focusing on rendering different scenes with render engines on different rigs. Hmmmm 🤔

Really does just look like faulty driver issue affecting Windows machines. Hardware Unboxed done a summing up here

Yes the capacitors look like a red herring and the latest driver update resolved crashing issues.

Whoops, too late! 😄

Looks like the crashing issues encountered were caused by a drive fault...all systems with new driver!

There's a 23 page thread here which is the biggest thread since maybe subscriptions were announced. So the light does flicker every now and then. The R23 perpetual is available but we need to contact MAXON if would like to purchase. It's €850 (ex VAT) to upgrade from R20, R21. It is unusual that you didn't receive an email, maybe they went to your spam folder?

I must say this is what I've bought into with eyes open. Save (or borrow) and spend. Maybe when C4D had the different bundles with Prime, broadcast & studio it was more accessible to hobbyists but I wasn't very active in the community then. Initially when I bought R14/15 it was intended as a one off purchase. Only recent years when I could afford the upgrades did I delve back in. With the changes in the market and quality really going up it's an interesting time to see what companies will do for enticing/retaining new & existing users. I'm grateful for still been able to upgrade to R23 perpetual. Not sure I'd be able to do that every year, but if this is my last version then I think it's a good one to end on...if the bugs are fixed.

It's a very different world now with the accessibility and affordability to high-end 3D tools. I think it was Jops (or you, or both of you) posted here that mentioned about capturing people when they're first trying out 3D software. Years ago the cracked software route was the entry point. Now with the likes of Blender, DaVinci Resolve, Krita give a completely free end-to-end workflow it must be putting some pressure on major companies. Even Nuke is offering an Indie license although I heard it's pretty restrictive. Right now it's a good time to be a hobbyist in the 3D world but there's a high cost to be a hobbyist in the MAXON world. If I had a wife, kids and a car I don't think I'd even have a café account, never mind a C4D perpetual license.

Technically there's only one 'Hobbyist' in this café 👋

I seen some articles and forum posts about crashes but last night was the first I saw breaking down what the issue might be. That's a nightmare so maybe in one way it's good the first batch is so scarce if the board partners are going to replace the cheap chip. In this article he mentions both 3080 & 3090 but I doubt many 3090's were out in the wild enough for reports of crashes by the time this article was written https://www.igorslab.de/en/what-real-what-can-be-investigative-within-the-crashes-and-instabilities-of-the-force-rtx-3080-andrtx-3090/ In this video Jay mentions the 3080 but just has a single board partner 3090 which has two better quality chips

Finally a video with multiple rendering benchmarks (Octane, Eevee, v-Ray, Arnold, KeyShot & Redshift)

Oh that's cool

Here's some examples of 3090 renders with Arnold & Eevee in Maya and Blender.....looks really awesome! Skip to around the 5 min mark

I think ProRender might be available in future as a separate plugin from AMD. Just that its integration with C4D has ended. I could be wrong, but I think it was somewhere on this forum I read that or something to that affect.

I read that only the 3090 will allow for SLI - https://www.pcworld.com/article/3573384/rip-sli-nvidia-geforce-rtx-30-series-slams-the-final-nail-in-multi-gpus-coffin.html

Ohh some Octane and Redshift rendering results for the 3080 Source: https://techgage.com/article/nvidia-geforce-rtx-3080-rendering-performance/ They post more render results on their site for Arnold, Blender, V-Ray Octane: Redshift: