hi
i downloaded houdini 10 apprentice and whenever i start it, it says i need to turn off “opengl”…so anyway, i ignored this because i dont know how to turn it off and when im trying to simulate a fireball in the program, it says there was a memory allocation so i cant simulate anything…i would really appreciate any help because i was really looking forwards to getting into houdini because it looks awesome

also, if anyone is going to post a reply, can you only post a reply if you have an answer…i dont want to know if you have the same problem!

thanks :wink:

what exact version of houdini?
what type of graphics card do you have (and driver versions)?
how much memory do you have in your system?

the version of houdini is 10.0.401 and my graphics card is nvidia geforce 8600gt… im not sure how much memory i have left…would uninstalling other programs help? thanks :wink:

the geforce 8600gt is a good consumer card, not great but it should be OK…
if you google “geforce 8600gt opengl”
you'll see a few references to problems but I think having the latest drivers properly installed should fix them

as for the memory issues…
I was referring to RAM, not hard drive space…
to check on Windows >
right click on My Computer
click on Properties
Under the General tab, you will find how much RAM the computer has

note however that it's pretty easy to run out of ram when doing simulations

maybe post your file and we can see what's going on…


HTH

ok so i checked how much ram i have and it said 2046 mb…that doesnt sound like a lot to me…also, i uninstalled some of the programs i downloaded eg. blender, gimp and the ram didnt change.

it would be nice if SideFX could keep Houdini Apprentice v9 available for download because v10 requires the latest graphics drivers that only run on recent graphics cards. I was lucky in that I have an old Digital Tutors CD that includes Houdini Aprentice 9 on it, and it runs perfectly on my netbooks where as v10 will just gag my netbooks with error messages.

arquebus
it would be nice if SideFX could keep Houdini Apprentice v9 available for download because v.

Isn't it available in the Support>download section?

alright cheers guys…so your telling me that houdini 9 will run better for me?

Soothsayer
Isn't it available in the Support>download section?

YES it is!! I wasnt aware of that, thx.

shadox
alright cheers guys…so your telling me that houdini 9 will run better for me?

yes I am

lol i donloaded houdini 9.5 and its worse than 10