Hello!

I'm running into this error that I can't quite seem to solve. Does anyone have any advice?


Error running ready.py:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:/PROGRA~1/SIDEEF~1/HOUDIN~1.654/houdini/python3.11libs/ready.py", line 6, in <module>
storage.initStorage()
File "C:\PROGRA~1/SIDEEF~1/HOUDIN~1.654/houdini/python3.11libs\hrecipes\storage.py", line 54, in initStorage
PresetStore.instance()
File "C:\PROGRA~1/SIDEEF~1/HOUDIN~1.654/houdini/python3.11libs\hrecipes\storage.py", line 808, in instance
return PresetStore()
^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "C:\PROGRA~1/SIDEEF~1/HOUDIN~1.654/houdini/python3.11libs\hrecipes\storage.py", line 820, in __new__
cls.theStorage._init()
File "C:\PROGRA~1/SIDEEF~1/HOUDIN~1.654/houdini/python3.11libs\hrecipes\storage.py", line 835, in _init
self.rescan(clean=True)
File "C:\PROGRA~1/SIDEEF~1/HOUDIN~1.654/houdini/python3.11libs\hrecipes\storage.py", line 919, in rescan
self.addRefForNodeTypes()
File "C:\PROGRA~1/SIDEEF~1/HOUDIN~1.654/houdini/python3.11libs\hrecipes\storage.py", line 1082, in addRefForNodeTypes
ref = Ref.createRef(nodetype)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "C:\PROGRA~1/SIDEEF~1/HOUDIN~1.654/houdini/python3.11libs\hrecipes\storage.py", line 502, in createRef
metadata = io.loadMetadata()
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "C:\PROGRA~1/SIDEEF~1/HOUDIN~1.654/houdini/python3.11libs\hrecipes\storage.py", line 338, in loadMetadata
"recipe_category": rtypes.RecipeCategory(properties_data.get("recipe_category", None)),
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "C:\PROGRA~1\SIDEEF~1\HOUDIN~1.654\python311\Lib\enum.py", line 712, in __call__
return cls.__new__(cls, value)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "C:\PROGRA~1\SIDEEF~1\HOUDIN~1.654\python311\Lib\enum.py", line 1135, in __new__
raise ve_exc
ValueError: 'tool_recipe' is not a valid RecipeCategory

This has been resolved in 20.5.684.

Not using 20.5.684 because for some reason neither Redshift nor MOPS work on that version :/

MOPs should work fine in 20.5.684. If you're running into specific bugs there, please report them to me at henry@motionoperators.com.

I just found this thread as I was having the same issue.

Like Peter Arcara pointed out in discord, this is caused by a mismatch of the SideFX labs version which can't be fixed through the launcher.

I installed the corresponding version from github and now its working.


https://github.com/sideeffects/SideFXLabs/releases [github.com]

> I installed the corresponding version from github and now its working.
Be aware that installing Labs in this manner will cause your startup times to be longer as it uses expanded HDAs. The distributions from the Launcher or the download page use collapsed HDAs: https://www.sidefx.com/download/daily-builds/?labs=true [www.sidefx.com]

Installed labs build 20.5.706 and it fixed the issue. No need to update the Houdini build itself.