Hi,

I'm trying to figure out what's going on but I'm out of ideas.

we have packages directory on the network share which is defined by HOUDINI_PACKAGE_DIR before render starts
Problem is we gets errors of missing tools Labs and kinex. Strange thing is that if I've set HOUDINI_PACKAGE_VERBOSE=1 it seems to me packages are properly found and loaded.

Same setup works in workstation well except, network directory is mirrored to local disk

R 7| rrErr: = = = Houdini Package log = = =
R 8| rrErr: Loading: //upptools/workgroups/houdini/vfx/production_core/packages/SideFXLabs19.0.json
R 9| rrErr: WARNING: SideFXLabs19.0 is marked as disabled.
:
R 12| rrErr: Loading: //upptools/workgroups/houdini/vfx/production_core/packages/SideFXLabs19.5.json
R 16| rrErr: Loading: //upptools/workgroups/houdini/sw/Houdini 19.5.368/packages/apex.json
R 18| rrErr: Loading: //upptools/workgroups/houdini/sw/Houdini 19.5.368/packages/kinefx.json
R 20| rrErr: Loading: //upptools/workgroups/houdini/sw/Houdini 19.5.368/packages/package_dirs.json
R 21| rrErr: WARNING: Undefined variable $HOUDINI_DISABLE_SIDEFX_PACKAGES used in expression $HOUDINI_DISABLE_SIDEFX_PACKAGES != '1'
R 23| rrErr:
R 24| rrErr: Processing load once: //upptools/workgroups/houdini/vfx/production_core/packages/SideFXLabs19.5.json
R 26| rrErr: Processing: //upptools/workgroups/houdini/vfx/production_core/packages/SideFXLabs19.5.json
R 30| rrErr: Processing: //upptools/workgroups/houdini/sw/Houdini 19.5.368/packages/apex.json
R 32| rrErr: Processing: //upptools/workgroups/houdini/sw/Houdini 19.5.368/packages/kinefx.json
R 34| rrErr: Processing: //upptools/workgroups/houdini/sw/Houdini 19.5.368/packages/package_dirs.json
R 35| rrErr: WARNING: Package folder to process is invalid: C:/Program Files/Side Effects Software/sidefx_packages
R 37| rrErr: Resolved variables:
R 39| rrErr: SIDEFXLABS : //upptools/workgroups/houdini/vfx/production_core/packages/SideFXLabs19.5
R 40| rrErr: HOUDINI_PATH :
R 41| rrErr: //upptools/workgroups/houdini/sw/Houdini 19.5.368/packages/kinefx
R 42| rrErr: //upptools/workgroups/houdini/vfx/production_core/packages/SideFXLabs19.5
R 44| rrErr: //upptools/workgroups/houdini/htoa/htoa-6.1.3.3_rdb15014_houdini-19.5.368
R 45| rrErr: //upptools/workgroups/houdini/sw/Houdini 19.5.368/houdini
R 46| rrErr: //upptools/workgroups/houdini/vfx/production_core/uppLib
R 47| rrErr: //upptools/workgroups/houdini/vfx/production_core/USERLib
R 54| rrErr:
R 55| rrErr: Loading Info:
R 56| rrErr: Loaded Packages (4):
R 57| rrErr: //upptools/workgroups/houdini/vfx/production_core/packages/SideFXLabs19.5.json
R 58| rrErr: //upptools/workgroups/houdini/sw/Houdini 19.5.368/packages/apex.json
R 60| rrErr: //upptools/workgroups/houdini/sw/Houdini 19.5.368/packages/kinefx.json
R 61| rrErr: //upptools/workgroups/houdini/sw/Houdini 19.5.368/packages/package_dirs.json
R 62| rrErr:
R 63| rrErr: Disabled Packages (1):
R 64| rrErr: //upptools/workgroups/houdini/vfx/production_core/packages/SideFXLabs19.0.json
R 65| rrErr:
R 66| rrErr: = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =



Later we get(shortened)

R101| rrErr: opalias: 'labs::gaea_tor_processor' is not a known operator.
R102| rrErr: opalias: 'labs::simple_retime' is not a known operator.
R103| rrErr: opalias: 'labs::coord_swizzle_vector::1.0' is not a known operator.
R104| rrErr: opalias: 'labs::dds_file' is not a known operator.
R105| rrErr: opalias: 'labs::normal_color' is not a known operator.
R106| rrErr: opalias: 'labs::normal_combine' is not a known operator.
R107| rrErr: opalias: 'labs::normal_invert' is not a known operator.
.
.
.
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R265| rrErr: opalias: 'kinefx::adapttoterrain' is not a known operator.
R266| rrErr: opalias: 'kinefx::fbikconfiguretargets' is not a known operator.
R267| rrErr: opalias: 'kinefx::rigdoctor' is not a known operator.
R268| rrErr: opalias: 'kinefx::rigmirrorpose' is not a known operator.
R269| rrErr: opalias: 'kinefx::rigpose' is not a known operator.
R270| rrErr: opalias: 'kinefx::skeleton' is not a known operator.
R271| rrErr: opalias: 'kinefx::parentjoints' is not a known operator.
R272| rrErr: opalias: 'kinefx::orientjoints' is not a known operator.
R273| rrErr: opalias: 'kinefx::configurejoints' is not a known operator.
R274| rrErr: opalias: 'kinefx::jointcapturebiharmonic' is not a known operator.


Any ideas what to do?

Thank you
Ales

You could try to debug first locally to see if it's related to the shared folder (i.e. move the shared folder to a folder local to your machine).

What do you mean by this ?

we have packages directory on the network share which is defined by HOUDINI_PACKAGE_DIR before render starts

mabelzile
You could try to debug first locally to see if it's related to the shared folder (i.e. move the shared folder to a folder local to your machine).

I've tried both and it is working.
1. On my local machine set HOUDINI_PACKAGE_DIR to network share(same as farm using)
2. copied shared folder to local disk and then set HOUDINI_PACKAGE_DIR there

What do you mean by this ?

we have packages directory on the network share which is defined by HOUDINI_PACKAGE_DIR before render starts

It just means that this HOUDINI_PACKAGE_DIR environment variable was set properly before render command was started.


UPDATE:
after carefully comparing all the environments, I found the reason of the missing packages. I always thought that @/otls;& endings in HOUDINI_OTLSCAN_PATH were only needed within houdini.env and not supposed it is working in .bat files.

Now errors disappeared.