Hi
I'm trying to install the 3D Strange Attractor otl file, but Houdini Apprentice won't allow it and comes up with the attached message
My procedure is by going to…
File / Install Digital asset library
Does anyone have an answer? Am I going about this the wrong way?
Many thanks in advance
Rob
Installing .otl files
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The install dialog doesn't list the contents of the specified OTL either, which reinforces the idea that Houdini can't seem read it.
You might try making sure you have access to the path in question. You can also navigate a terminal to that directory and try using hotl -b <file> to make sure it's a valid OTL file.
You might try making sure you have access to the path in question. You can also navigate a terminal to that directory and try using hotl -b <file> to make sure it's a valid OTL file.
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Hi, thanks for your response, in answer to your questions..
The otl file was downloaded from the sidefx site here…
http://www.sidefx.com/index.php?option=com_wrapper&Itemid=148 [sidefx.com]
So I presumed it was legit and would contain the necessary content.
As regards to access to the file - Yes I have access to it as it's on my desktop, I've also tried moving it to different locations to see if that helped such as the designated OTL folder in Prefs
As to the Terminal solution which you're suggesting then I'm a bit out of my depth as to what to do…I've tried Copy and Pasting your line command into the Houdini Shell Terminal (is this right?) with the file name in but it came back with a message…
-bash: syntax error near unexpected token `newline'
And I have no idea what this means - sorry I'm not very techy when it goes beyond a UIs
:?
Any other suggestions please?
The otl file was downloaded from the sidefx site here…
http://www.sidefx.com/index.php?option=com_wrapper&Itemid=148 [sidefx.com]
So I presumed it was legit and would contain the necessary content.
As regards to access to the file - Yes I have access to it as it's on my desktop, I've also tried moving it to different locations to see if that helped such as the designated OTL folder in Prefs
As to the Terminal solution which you're suggesting then I'm a bit out of my depth as to what to do…I've tried Copy and Pasting your line command into the Houdini Shell Terminal (is this right?) with the file name in but it came back with a message…
-bash: syntax error near unexpected token `newline'
And I have no idea what this means - sorry I'm not very techy when it goes beyond a UIs
:?
Any other suggestions please?
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Hi, thanks for your response, in answer to your questions..
The otl file was downloaded from the sidefx site here…
http://www.sidefx.com/index.php?option=com_wrapper&Itemid=148 [sidefx.com]
So I presumed it was legit and would contain the necessary content.
As regards to access to the file - Yes I have access to it as it's on my desktop, I've also tried moving it to different locations to see if that helped such as the designated OTL folder in Prefs
As to the Terminal solution which you're suggesting then I'm a bit out of my depth as to what to do…I've tried Copy and Pasting your line command into the Houdini Shell Terminal (is this right?) with the file name in but it came back with a message…
-bash: syntax error near unexpected token `newline'
And I have no idea what this means - sorry I'm not very techy when it goes beyond a UIs
:?
Any other suggestions please?
1. What is the size of that file? It sounds like a common problem with SESI Exchange, which sometimes refuse to give you a file itself giving some sort of empty file. We call it 47 bits syndrome
2. I've just checked and Strange Attractors behaves fine, though it' a tiny otl also. You did extracted it from *.gzip file, right?
3. Can you open it in any text editor like vim or nano? What you see inside?
4. “hotl” is a standard Houdini's tool you call in system terminal not Houdini's one. With flag -b it validates otl file.
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in answer to your questions.
1) The file is only 4k in size
2) No the file didn't download as a ZIP file, it downloaded as a straight file with a Houdini icon
3) I opened the file in the most basic of Mac Text editors and it showed a file in what appears to have been written in Klingon, here's a sample..
1) The file is only 4k in size
2) No the file didn't download as a ZIP file, it downloaded as a straight file with a Houdini icon
3) I opened the file in the most basic of Mac Text editors and it showed a file in what appears to have been written in Klingon, here's a sample..
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in answer to your questions.
1) The file is only 4k in size
2) No the file didn't download as a ZIP file, it downloaded as a straight file with a Houdini icon
3) I opened the file in the most basic of Mac Text editors and it showed a file in what appears to have been written in Klingon, here's a sample..
but was there any code readable for humans, there should be.
Anyway, try this, it definitely works for me! (unzip it! )
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