Hi All,
First, coming from a Modo background, recently fell in love at first sight with Houdini for VR development.
Anyway, initially installed the eval with the Apprentice license only to find out shortly thereafter that the Unreal Engine Plugin requires an Indie license or higher.
So I've searched this forum, looked at the FAQ, and tried random searches on CG sites etc following every course of action from revoking the license(s) to deleting the license inside the `windows` directory, and finally to completely uninstalling and reinstalling Houdini - but for some reason I can NOT get the Houdini app on Win10 to use the Indie license.
Any ideas? Thanks in advance.
Mike
Upgrade Houdini from Apprentice to Indie on Win10
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Moin, Mike,
another ex-modo-user here
First off: It sometimes helps to run the license manager as “Administrator” in Windows. Once, to install the licenses, after that you're usually good to go.
Start the license administration tool and check that you have your Indie license installed - if you haven't, use the manual input form the “File/Manually Enter Key” form. That should correctly install your Indie license. If it doesn't work, check that your license host is “local server” or showing your computer's network name.
If the link created by the installer does not fire up “Indie”, correct the link to point to your Houdini installation directory/bin/hindie.exe
That should, hopefully, get you up and running.
Marc
another ex-modo-user here
First off: It sometimes helps to run the license manager as “Administrator” in Windows. Once, to install the licenses, after that you're usually good to go.
Start the license administration tool and check that you have your Indie license installed - if you haven't, use the manual input form the “File/Manually Enter Key” form. That should correctly install your Indie license. If it doesn't work, check that your license host is “local server” or showing your computer's network name.
If the link created by the installer does not fire up “Indie”, correct the link to point to your Houdini installation directory/bin/hindie.exe
That should, hopefully, get you up and running.
Marc
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Out of here. Being called a dick after having supported Houdini users for years is over my paygrade.
I will work for money, but NOT for "you have to provide people with free products" Indie-artists.
Good bye.
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Out of here. Being called a dick after having supported Houdini users for years is over my paygrade.
I will work for money, but NOT for "you have to provide people with free products" Indie-artists.
Good bye.
https://www.marc-albrecht.de [www.marc-albrecht.de]
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Hey Marc, thank you for your great reply.
However, even after trying the steps above launching “hindie.exe” shows “Houdini Apprentice Non-Commercial” edition with an option in the Help menu to “Upgrade to Indie.”
I'd like to paste screenshots and the Diagnostic output from the license manager but am unsure if there is confidential info in the output. Otherwise is it worth emailing support@sidefx.com or something? Houdini looks amazing, just need to get some models into Unreal Engine.
Thank you again for your help.
malbrecht
license manager as “Administrator” in Windows
malbrecht
check that you have your Indie license installed
malbrecht
check that your license host is “local server”
malbrecht
correct the link to point to your Houdini installation directory/bin/hindie.exe
However, even after trying the steps above launching “hindie.exe” shows “Houdini Apprentice Non-Commercial” edition with an option in the Help menu to “Upgrade to Indie.”
I'd like to paste screenshots and the Diagnostic output from the license manager but am unsure if there is confidential info in the output. Otherwise is it worth emailing support@sidefx.com or something? Houdini looks amazing, just need to get some models into Unreal Engine.
Thank you again for your help.
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Moin,
License Manager should show something like this (attached), the important bit being that you have more than none “Indie license available”. If that is the case, the most likely problem is that, for whatever reason, your license server type (local/named/network) isn't correct.
In any case, support is really helpful (I know, because I dared to ask very dumb questions), so instead of not using Houdini, I'd give it a shot
Marc
License Manager should show something like this (attached), the important bit being that you have more than none “Indie license available”. If that is the case, the most likely problem is that, for whatever reason, your license server type (local/named/network) isn't correct.
In any case, support is really helpful (I know, because I dared to ask very dumb questions), so instead of not using Houdini, I'd give it a shot
Marc
---
Out of here. Being called a dick after having supported Houdini users for years is over my paygrade.
I will work for money, but NOT for "you have to provide people with free products" Indie-artists.
Good bye.
https://www.marc-albrecht.de [www.marc-albrecht.de]
Out of here. Being called a dick after having supported Houdini users for years is over my paygrade.
I will work for money, but NOT for "you have to provide people with free products" Indie-artists.
Good bye.
https://www.marc-albrecht.de [www.marc-albrecht.de]
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