Hello, I am trying to cache the geo created by my RBD sim using pinConstraints (6 torus spinning) to access some points to use them as goal geo for a vellum wire stuff.
When I cache the animation the resulting geo (loaded via a cache or ROP bgeo) is not matching the sim, any idea why ?

Thank you

T

Hello, me again, following my previous question, I need to rig or constrain a basic ribbon to the object from the pin source so the ribbon follows the object etc... I would love to not use Vellum.... not much time to dive in that aspect at the moment.
Would it be possible with a wire node or something like that or just a good all bone chain with a basic Ik ?

Thank you,

T

hey guys, I am rigging a bunch of objects with pin constraint and need to move the location of the constraint on the object, I can't find a way to do that, or should I use something like Rivet ?

Thank you !

T

Hello,
I am on a fresh install of H19.5.716 on Ubuntu 22.04 and I got that on terminal when launching via $ houdini

cat: /sys/devices/virtual/dmi/id/board_{vendor,name,version}: No such file or directory
sh: 1: ethtool: not found
sh: 1: ethtool: not found
sh: 1: ethtool: not found
sh: 1: ethtool: not found

When trying to launch via launcher in ubuntu it crashes sytematically and Afanasy crashes as well.

Anyone got that behavior ?

Hey guys,
Is there a way to manage which package files is used when launching houdini beside having separate hfs folders with different packages setup ?
Like for example I would like to NOT load Arnold while using 3Delight or Only Vray and not other renderers ?

Thank you

Hey SWest, thanks.
I am a RPM type of guy but with the downhill direction RedHat is giving to the free version, I decided to deep in .deb side.
I am a long time linux user, just wanted to check if there is a specific version which gives satisfaction around our ecosystem.

which pop! version ?

Thank you

I see, thank you, I tried in the past, like a couple years ago and I got too many issues with it, even though very nice distro.

I am running Pop 22.04 but it is giving issues with 3delight and deadline together. PLUS the HQueue fails to install properly (Client).
I am wondering of anyone is super happy with a specific version ?

Thank you

Hello, I got this error when starting my hqclient :
tanguy@bod-WS2:~/hqclient$ ./hqclientd restart
* Stopping HQ client process ./hqclientd: line 128: kill: (24224) - No such process

* Starting HQ client process Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/home/tanguy/hqclient/hqnode.py", line 7, in <module>
import configparser
ImportError: No module named configparser
ERROR: Could not start HQ client process.
tput: No value for $TERM and no -T specified
[tput: No value for $TERM and no -T specified
failtput: No value for $TERM and no -T specified
]

I have a setup similar to that on Rocky and I have no problem.
Any ideas ?
I installed the hqclient via the launcher.

19.5.640 Houdini installed and same installed for hqclient.
The master installed a 19.5.640 as well.

Thank you

T

Worked !

Coolio

Thank you John

Okay what I meant was that sesinetd is not starting at boot time. I have to run the tool manually.
Now I ran the systemctl enable sesinetd.service and I have a:


Aug 04 12:44:07 bod-WS2 systemd: Starting LSB: Script to start and stop the Houdini License Manager...
Aug 04 12:44:07 bod-WS2 sesinetd: - Failed to find gid from name (www-data).
Aug 04 12:44:07 bod-WS2 sesinetd: - Failed to find uid from name (www-data )

And a :$ sudo systemctl enable sesinetd.service
password for tang:
sesinetd.service is not a native service, redirecting to systemd-sysv-install.
Executing: /usr/lib/systemd/systemd-sysv-install enable sesinetd
Failed to execute /usr/lib/systemd/systemd-sysv-install: No such file or directory

So here probably the issue...

After my boot I need to start the License tools and fire up systemd from there to get my licenses working.

I am curious if it is a hython thing or a Deadline one:
When Deadline triggered a render, it uses hython, on my side I see the jobs only using 16 threads versus my full 128 one.
Is there a way to change that cap limit system wide via ENV like HOUDINI_MAXTHREADS ? But I am not sure that ENV is for hython specifically

Thank you for you responses if any

Tanguy

Hey guys, just looping back here before I decide to scratch REHL / Rocky for good and jump on the Debian side.
Anyone got a fix for the Systemd service dropping or not launching at boot time on REHL 9 distro ?
And on that note, beside everyone Pop!OS love, is there a Debian distro particularly functional with Houdini and the usual eco system ? Like not being able to have a system tray is annoying on some apps (aka Deadline Launcher for example, Shot grid etc)

Thanks

Tanguy

Hello, I am sending 3delight jobs via Deadline Submitter node and it looks like those jobs are running on a minimum number of threads, like 12 or 16. I have 128 avail and 3delight always use the maximum amount of threads available.
Is there a way to change the threads cap if it is the case ?

Thank you

Tanguy

I have it working find as well on my side, but I got some NO GO with Chaos player no matter how I try to debug, not running.
So everything (H 19.5.640/ Nuke 14/ maya 2024/ / Deadline / 3Delight / RS / Vray and all the cool stuff)

GOgraphR

tanguybc
Maybe that would be a way to get there:
https://www.sidefx.com/docs/houdini/hom/hou/fileReferences.html [www.sidefx.com]

Hi tanguybc !

Sorry !! Not really...

This will tell you only where your current HIP file has its external references.

hou.fileReferences()
((None, '$HIP/houdini19.0/otls/vop_vec2tohvec1.hdanc'), 
(<hou.Parm taskgraphfile in /tasks/topnet1>, '$HIP/$HIPNAME.taskgraph.$F.py'), 
(<hou.Parm pdg_workingdir in /tasks/topnet1/localscheduler>, '$HIP'))
(<hou.Parm baseNormal_texture in /obj/alarm_clock_01_1k_fbx/materials/alarm_clock_01>, '/home/BIG/3DStuff/Assets/alarm_clock_01_1ktextures/alarm_clock_01_nor_gl_1k.exr')
(<hou.Parm rough_texture in /obj/alarm_clock_01_1k_fbx/materials/alarm_clock_01>, 'Y:\\Poly Haven\\admin.polyhaven.com\\tmp\\Staging\\Models\\alarm_clock_01\\_upload\\fbx\\1k\\alarm_clock_01\\textures\\alarm_clock_01_rough_1k.jpg')
(<hou.Parm baseNormal_texture in /obj/alarm_clock_01_1k_fbx/materials/alarm_clock_01_glass>, '/home/BIG/3DStuff/Assets/alarm_clock_01_1k/textures/alarm_clock_01_nor_gl_1k.exr')
(<hou.Parm rough_texture in /obj/alarm_clock_01_1k_fbx/materials/alarm_clock_01_glass>, 'Y:\\Poly Haven\\admin.polyhaven.com\\tmp\\Staging\\Models\\alarm_clock_01\\_upload\\fbx\\1k\\alarm_clock_01\\textures\\alarm_clock_01_rough_1k.jpg')
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As in this case. It shows me really fast, why I don't get the render I want. The source of the FBX has set wrong paths for rough_texture.


What you could do is try this : Entagma short on "new" default scene [entagma.com]

entagma
In this tut we create a 123.py file which contains the command to merge a scene file into your new scene when Houdini launches: hou.hipFile.merge(“C:/Users/Your_User/Documents/houdini19.5/ mydefault.hip”)

Ah nice ! Exactly what I want to do

Thank you for tip GographR !

Maybe that would be a way to get there:
https://www.sidefx.com/docs/houdini/hom/hou/fileReferences.html [www.sidefx.com]

Thank you for the input ! I am not sure ai want to go the USD route for just one guy … but the hda why not !
I was thinking maybe python would allow me to import a file and rename the mats on the fly. Well lots of possibility probably , need to dig in looks like no straight forward solution