Houdini Main Changelogs

18.5.652

Show the license access mode (LOCKED, LAL, GAL) of the entitlement in hkey and sesictrl.

Tue. July 27, 2021
18.5.652

Sesictrl now includes the entitlement id when displaying entitlements to redeem.

Tue. July 27, 2021
18.5.651

Adding support to view license information in either text or JSON format from sesictrl.

Mon. July 26, 2021
18.5.612

Fixed an issue with hkey/sesictrl not returning licenses when using a custom port for sesinetd.

Thu. June 17, 2021
18.5.611

Fixed an issue where hserver was validating a license immediately after obtaining the license.

Wed. June 16, 2021
18.5.597

Use the actual OS name instead of a generic one (i.e. Linux, OSX, Windows NT) for hserver info and license diagnostics.

Wed. June 2, 2021
18.5.597

Fixed an issue where hkey would revert the server listing on startup.

Wed. June 2, 2021
18.5.571

In some cases the license grace period was not being checked and the current session was not being saved on license exit. A popup in this case is now also shown to indicate where the session was saved prior to exiting the app due to license failure.

Fri. May 7, 2021
18.5.564

Added support for running PilotPDG with an engine license.

Fri. April 30, 2021
18.5.562

Fixing a bug where the read/write masks in hserver were not being updated based on user provided values.

Wed. April 28, 2021
18.5.553

Fixing several issues with the peak usage logging.

  • Fixed an issue with the start/end date options
  • Fixed the --no-progress-info option
  • Fixed an issue with the progress line not being cleared.
  • Use the timezone found in the log if one is not provided.
Mon. April 19, 2021
18.5.548

Fixing an issue where hkey/sesictrl would try to determine if a license could be returned and often get this wrong. Instead the server determines this now.

Wed. April 14, 2021
18.5.548

Turned off client logging by default in hserver. Client logging was rarely used and in some cases caused sesinetd to slow down as the client count increased.

Wed. April 14, 2021
18.5.547

Fixed a bug that prevented querying remote hosts using hserver.

Tue. April 13, 2021
18.5.546

Fixing an issue where EDU users would install the Free Engine PlugIn and break their license setup.

Mon. April 12, 2021
18.5.540

Adding support for specifying the api key from the command line in sesictrl.

Tue. April 6, 2021
18.5.540

Fixing an issue where the api key wasnt being used when used with login licensing. Also hserver will now check the api key file in addition to the command line options.

Tue. April 6, 2021
18.5.540

Fixing issue where the api key was updated after retrieving connection information in hkey/sesictrl.

Tue. April 6, 2021
18.5.527

Fixing a bug where hkey was not showing licenses that could be re-installed. This is mostly helpful in the event the system was reformatted and the previously installed licenses need to be re-installed.

Wed. March 24, 2021
18.5.513

Use a better method for checking local connections for read/write masks in both hserver and sesinetd.

Wed. March 10, 2021
18.5.507

Adding support for running hserver not as a service on Windows. When running hserver not as a service will act similar to hserver on Linux/OSX. Please see https://www.sidefx.com/docs/houdini/ref/utils/hserver.html for further details.

Thu. March 4, 2021
18.5.506

Fixed a bug that caused hserver to ask sesinetd for a stat license when it should have cached the previous result. This caused hserver to ask sesinetd constantly for stat licenses.

Wed. March 3, 2021
18.5.505

Adding future support for the new license key string format.

Tue. March 2, 2021
18.5.485

Modified how local connections are detected to improve node locked license handling. In some cases (especially on windows) node locked licenses were being reported invalid when requested from the same machine.

Wed. February 10, 2021
18.5.469

Fixing an issue with how the license ip mask was being checked. In some cases users on VPN would be blocked from getting node locked licenses.

Mon. January 25, 2021