Awesome, thanks for this solution.
I ran into a similar issue with configuring V-Ray for Houdini and Redshift. Now both are working, i used this in my houdini.env file:
#
# Houdini Environment Settings
#
# deadline config begin
DEADLINE_ROOT = “C:\ProgramData\Thinkbox\Deadline10”
HOUDINI_PATH = “$HOUDINI_PATH;C
Users/xxxx_username/AppData/Local/Thinkbox/Deadline10/submitters/HoudiniSubmitter;&”
HOUDINI_MENU_PATH = “$HOUDINI_MENU_PATH;C
Users/xxxx_username/AppData/Local/Thinkbox/Deadline10/submitters/HoudiniSubmitter;&”
# deadline config end
# redshift config begin
REDSHIFT_ROOT = “C
ProgramData/Redshift”
REDSHIFT_HOUDINI_ROOT = “${REDSHIFT_ROOT}/Plugins/Houdini/17.5.293”
PATH = “$PATH;${REDSHIFT_ROOT}/bin”
# redshift config end
# V-Ray for Houdini Begin
#
VFH_ROOT=“C:\Users\xxxx_username\Documents\houdini17.5\vray_adv_41203_houdini17.5.293”
VRAY_APPSDK=“${VFH_ROOT}/appsdk”
VRAY_OSL_PATH=“${VRAY_APPSDK}/bin”
VRAY_UI_DS_PATH=“${VFH_ROOT}/ui”
VFH_HOME=“${VFH_ROOT}/vfh_home”
VFH_PATH=“${VFH_HOME}/bin;${VRAY_APPSDK}/bin”
PATH=“${VFH_PATH};${PATH}”
HOUDINI_PATH=“${VFH_HOME};${HOUDINI_PATH};&”
HOUDINI13_VOLUME_COMPATIBILITY=1
HDF5_DISABLE_VERSION_CHECK=1
#
# V-Ray for Houdini End
HOUDINI_PATH = “${VFH_ROOT};${HOUDINI_PATH};${REDSHIFT_HOUDINI_ROOT};&”
It's important to append V-ray contents to the end of your houdini.env