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Houdini Lounge » Houdini v9?
- jjstanley
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Technical Discussion » explosions and fireballs
- jjstanley
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I have played around with this quite a bit and I would say the best place to start is with 3DBUZZ. Go to http//www.3dbuzz.com/vbforum/sv_dl_list.php?c=11 and check out Issue 4. It works on creating a realistic tornado and VTMs 12 and 13 are on using the sprite shaders for the clouds and dust. It is not hard to adapt the same shader for good explosions as well. I have used both sprites and i3d for clouds and explosions but I prefer the workflow and the render times of sprites for most things. If you are doing very close up or flying through the cloud then i3d is better.
Technical Discussion » Cannot get nc-license automatically nor through website.
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Technical Discussion » Cannot get nc-license automatically nor through website.
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Thanks for the quick reply Edward. The computers do have a dial-up internet connection which I am useing right now but none of them would connect to the server automaticaly so there must be something wrong with the network somewere but the others worked perfect with the manual install. The others are the same build as well. I will download a newer version when I get to a highspeed connection.
How would I set up a Proxy connection? I assume I would use the IP of the router but which port?
Thanks for the help.
How would I set up a Proxy connection? I assume I would use the IP of the router but which port?
Thanks for the help.
Technical Discussion » Cannot get nc-license automatically nor through website.
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I just installed on 2 computers and tried to put it on a third which is on the same network and it gives me the same error. this is what the diagnostic printout says
Diagnostic Output
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If you are having licensing problems, please save this information and email it
to support@sidefx.com.
License Administrator output
=============================
Generated on Sun Dec 04 220937 2005
Local host name RVJA24
Local server code 3d83b507
Local ip address 127.0.0.1
Number of servers 1
License server name rvja24 (rvja24)
License server server code 3d83b507
Server ip address 127.0.0.1
License server is running Yes
May read licenses from server Yes
Has SERVER license No
License server version 8.0.313
May modify server from this machine Yes
Redundant server keys 0
Name Code Redundant Connected Transmission OK
—- —- ——— ——— —————
License Administrator version 8.0.313
Http proxy host (none)
Using standalone mode Yes
Can retrieve http//license.sidefx.com/index.php No (ERROR Could not read response from the web server.)
Installed licenses
LicID Platform Product Ver Avail Expiry
—– ——– ——- — —– ——
sesictrl -i output
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—– SERVER rvja24 ——–
*** WARNING *** - No valid server lines found
hserver -l output
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Hostname RVJA24
Uptime 01536
License Server rvja24
Server Version sesinetd8.0.313
Version Houdini8.0.313
ReadAccess +.+.+.*
WriteAccess +.+.+.*
163 of 255 Mb available
CPU Usage 4% load
0 active tasks (1 slots)
licenses file
==============
* Could not open the licenses file. *
Diagnostic Output
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If you are having licensing problems, please save this information and email it
to support@sidefx.com.
License Administrator output
=============================
Generated on Sun Dec 04 220937 2005
Local host name RVJA24
Local server code 3d83b507
Local ip address 127.0.0.1
Number of servers 1
License server name rvja24 (rvja24)
License server server code 3d83b507
Server ip address 127.0.0.1
License server is running Yes
May read licenses from server Yes
Has SERVER license No
License server version 8.0.313
May modify server from this machine Yes
Redundant server keys 0
Name Code Redundant Connected Transmission OK
—- —- ——— ——— —————
License Administrator version 8.0.313
Http proxy host (none)
Using standalone mode Yes
Can retrieve http//license.sidefx.com/index.php No (ERROR Could not read response from the web server.)
Installed licenses
LicID Platform Product Ver Avail Expiry
—– ——– ——- — —– ——
sesictrl -i output
===================
—– SERVER rvja24 ——–
*** WARNING *** - No valid server lines found
hserver -l output
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Hostname RVJA24
Uptime 01536
License Server rvja24
Server Version sesinetd8.0.313
Version Houdini8.0.313
ReadAccess +.+.+.*
WriteAccess +.+.+.*
163 of 255 Mb available
CPU Usage 4% load
0 active tasks (1 slots)
licenses file
==============
* Could not open the licenses file. *
Technical Discussion » Houdini crashed:NT_GeneratorThread
- jjstanley
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I have been having the same problem. I have reinstalled but no luck. Did you ever find a solution, altbighead? If anyone else has any ideas it would be great. Mine always does it when I try to go into POPs and then just random times in any other mode.
Houdini Lounge » Geo Export Sequence
- jjstanley
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Houdini Lounge » Geo Export Sequence
- jjstanley
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Hi, I know I have seen this before but I can't remember how to export a sequence of obj files. I did filename.$F3.obj and it exports it with the frame number but it only does one at a time. Does anyone here know how to do a sequence?
Houdini Lounge » The Great Divide in CG Facilities: Adapt or Die
- jjstanley
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One of the thinks that Chris kept repeating in the article is effeciency and that is were Houdini really shines. The cost up front is slightly more although as pointed out earlier when you add up everything it gives you it really is not bad. When it is time for production Houdini is far ahead of any of the competion from my experience. In the work place time is money and although you can produce nearly any effect with any decent software Houdini will do it faster and cleaner. That saves a lot more money than the initial cost difference.
Houdini Lounge » Body Paint Plugin For Houdini????
- jjstanley
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I have been thinking that it should not take to much work to create an OTL that would work very similar to Z Brush. I'm not sure what it would take but it seems that the sculpt and subdivide SOPs combined properly should work just as well.
Technical Discussion » how to deel with .vfl file?
- jjstanley
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I have been trying this method and keep getting the error “<unknown> Error(-1) Expecting open brace” I have carefully gone through several and they all have the same number of open and close brackets. Any idea why this would be. I'm using 6.1.208.
Technical Discussion » COP artifacts
- jjstanley
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Is there any way to convert a tga sequence to a pics sequence? If I could do that it may solve the problem.
BTW I am running a GeForce 256 Video card.
BTW I am running a GeForce 256 Video card.
Technical Discussion » COP artifacts
- jjstanley
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I am using 6.1.208 and running XP Pro on a 3Ghz P4 with 512MB. It doesn't seem to happen very often in pic or jpg but very often in tga. It will sometimes do it even with 2 layers but gets worse with more layers.
Technical Discussion » COP artifacts
- jjstanley
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I am trying to comp a few tga sequences and they always have randomly colored artifacts. The colored blocks seem to be completely random as cooking the same frame twice will often give different blocks. I have tried every setting I can fine. Some settings are better than others but none seem to make them go away. Any ideas?
Technical Discussion » ERROR: Unexpected end of Stream
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I just had a dissaster! My Apprentice Challenge project just started throwing up “ERROR Unexpected end of Stream CPIO Packet Open Read.start” everytime I try to open it. Do any of you know if there is a way to recover the file?
I am using Ver 6.
I am using Ver 6.
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