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Houdini Lounge » Water Material "issue"
- haavard_vikesland
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Houdini Lounge » Start as a Houdini FX artist
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Houdini Lounge » Water Material "issue"
- haavard_vikesland
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So I made this island scene and I got some weird results where the water (which is a displaced grid with a water material on) and the land meets. As you can see from the image there is a non-transparent line around the Island. In this specific example, it actually fitted the scene pretty well but I'm still curious to why this happens.
Technical Discussion » Poly Bevel "glitch"
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Whenever I try to use the poly bevel tool in Houdini I get weird dark spots on my mesh. They also show up when I render. I have checked the normals but everything seems fine with them. Is there a solution to this problem?
Technical Discussion » Confusing Licensing Problem
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awong
The licensing mechanism relies on a few pieces of network information, like the hostname, IP address, and MAC address. So it's possible that a license that you get while on cellular data doesn't work when you're not connected to cellular data. I'm curious to why the licensing suddenly stopped working though. Have you changed your hostname recently?
A few other things to check:
You should be using local licensing mode. If not, there's information on how to switch here:
https://www.sidefx.com/faq/apprentice-local-licensing/#faq74 [www.sidefx.com]
Also, check that the license file is writable by your user account.
https://www.sidefx.com/faq/apprentice-local-licensing/#faq78 [www.sidefx.com]
While connected to WiFi, regenerate the Apprentice licenses. You could do this by clearing out the content of the license file (licenses or licenses.local). Then run Houdini again to get the prompt for installing a free license.
If none of those worked, try contacting support. There are instructions here:
https://www.sidefx.com/faq/apprentice-local-licensing/#faq79 [www.sidefx.com]
awong
The licensing mechanism relies on a few pieces of network information, like the hostname, IP address, and MAC address. So it's possible that a license that you get while on cellular data doesn't work when you're not connected to cellular data. I'm curious to why the licensing suddenly stopped working though. Have you changed your hostname recently?
A few other things to check:
You should be using local licensing mode. If not, there's information on how to switch here:
https://www.sidefx.com/faq/apprentice-local-licensing/#faq74 [www.sidefx.com]
Also, check that the license file is writable by your user account.
https://www.sidefx.com/faq/apprentice-local-licensing/#faq78 [www.sidefx.com]
While connected to WiFi, regenerate the Apprentice licenses. You could do this by clearing out the content of the license file (licenses or licenses.local). Then run Houdini again to get the prompt for installing a free license.
If none of those worked, try contacting support. There are instructions here:
https://www.sidefx.com/faq/apprentice-local-licensing/#faq79 [www.sidefx.com]
It worked!! All I had to do was to clear out the contents of the licenses.local file and now it works perfectly! Thanks for the help!
Technical Discussion » Confusing Licensing Problem
- haavard_vikesland
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When I open up my apprentice version the licensing process just loops. I click that I want a free Apprentice version and the popup says that the license was successfully installed. When I try to run the application, however, I just get the same licensing question. So I tried to use the cellular from my phone to get the license and then it works just fine. So then I tried a little experiment. First I got the working license with the cellular and looked at the license administrator. There it stood that I had a license. Then I switched over to wi-fi and opened the administrator again and it said that I didn't have a license. What is going on?! (note: The apprentice version has worked just fine for me for about 2 months now and I have already tried to uninstall and reinstall the application.)
Sorry if this was a bit rambly written.
Sorry if this was a bit rambly written.
Technical Discussion » Apprentice License Issue
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nhaavard_vikeslandThe issue has been resolved. I simply used cellular data to download the license instead of wifi and weird enough it worked.EnivobIt didn't work but if it is a server issue it might fix itself during the day.
When I end up in this state. I simply uninstall Houdini, download a newer version and install that. Seems to work every time.
I think the SideFX license server get's gunked up every once in a while and get's stuck in a loop.
Technical Discussion » Apprentice License Issue
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EnivobIt didn't work but if it is a server issue it might fix itself during the day.
When I end up in this state. I simply uninstall Houdini, download a newer version and install that. Seems to work every time.
I think the SideFX license server get's gunked up every once in a while and get's stuck in a loop.
Technical Discussion » Apprentice License Issue
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EnivobThis isn't the first time I open Houdini and I also have admin permission.
On OSX your first run must be under a user with Admin permissions to the system.
Technical Discussion » Apprentice License Issue
- haavard_vikesland
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So today when I tried to open up Houdini (apprentice version) I got a pop up saying that I had to install or reinstall my free Houdini license. So i reinstalled it and it said "successfully installed license. After that I try to run Houdini again but the same thing happens even though I have installed the license. What is going on?
Technical Discussion » Weird Camera Issue
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Technical Discussion » Weird Camera Issue
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So I am done with the modeling of a scene I am working on and I want to use a camera. When I look through my camera however a weird thing is happening. A bunch of my geometry just disappears. I am pretty new to Houdini so I am wondering if this is normal and how to resolve this problem?
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