No Expression Quickhelp and Path Suggestions in Houdini 14

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Hey there,

when I type an expression function in a parameter field in Houdini 14 there is no quickhelp anymore. In Houdini 13 there used to be a Tool tip telling you what arguments the function needs. See attached pic.

Also the “path autocompletion” in parameter fields acts different now.
In Houdini 13 when you started typing a path to an object (e.g. in a stamp-expression function) it automatically suggested possible node names. Now in H14 you have to type a starting letter of any node in the network to get a dropdown list of all possible nodes.
See second pic.
Hope the explanation is somewhat understandable :roll:

Can anyone confirm this behavior? Should I log a bug?

Cheers, Michael

Here are my specs:
Houdini 14.0.221
Windows 7 Service Pack 1
NVidia Quadro 4000 (driver version 341.21)

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Should I log a bug?

The answer to this question is always ‘yes’.
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Alright then…just thought I should check if it's my fault or not before I bother the developers :wink:
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hey guys, some news about this problem? I'm using the 14.0.291 just downloaded from sidefx web site.
I have the same problem and I can not understand what is depending from.
any suggestion?
thak you in advance to all
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Seconded.

I've also noticed the tooltip help in the Python shell in 14.0.265 has altered. It will give you a list of functions as in 13, but if you write a function and then pause at an open bracket, in 13 it would give you the help for that function in a large tool tip, in 14 you get nothing. For example:-


n = hou.node('/obj/geo1/attribrandomize1')
print n.asCode(


In h13 this would give you a complete description of asCode(). In 14 we get nothing.
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Submitted this as a bug, sesi got back to me saying they are aware of it and are working on fixing it…

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Submitted this as a bug, sesi got back to me saying they are aware of it and are working on fixing it…

that's nice! It's very good to know. I really hope that they will be fast to fix it.
thank you for the update.
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any news yet anyone?

Really missing auto complete feature. Not only tooltips but pressing tab is useless for me. only suggests arb things that have no relevance to what im doing
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any news yet anyone?

Really missing auto complete feature. Not only tooltips but pressing tab is useless for me. only suggests arb things that have no relevance to what im doing
I'd suggest submitting your own bug for this, that way they'll be reminded it is an issue and it will also register your interest in it so if it does get fixed you will (should?) be notified.
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Not heard anything I'm afraid. I recently checked in 14.0.368 if this was fixed yet but its not.
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This question I have already asked. https://www.sidefx.com/index.php?option=com_forum&Itemid=172&page=viewtopic&t=39383 [sidefx.com] Since then, nothing has changed.
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The same here. Any chance the developers will fix it this year?
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same problem
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I just tried 14.0.444 and it still has the same problem. This is a key feature for everyone who is not a Houdini guru!
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Hey, Please fix this, we really miss this feature in Houdini 14!
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Please Fix it SideFX!

I'm trying to learn but this is making the process even harder that it already is.
Many Tutorials that I see the tutor relies many times on it to explain what's going on but I can't follow!
Also there are many hints that may help me when trying something mine that I don't see.
I'm even thinking about asking the studio to install an older version (13) to study, but I think it would be better to start from the last version so I don't get old habits.

So again, please Fix this issue.
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Any chance the developers will fix it this year?
“All I know is my gut says ‘maybe’.”
Writing code for fun and profit since... 2005? Wow, I'm getting old.
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This will be fixed in the next major release, so I am told.

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edit: n/m… what I'm seeing is a separate issue.

I'm missing tab completion in the HScript Editor
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I've been noticing this for a while and just found this thread trying to find the solution.

I'm on 15.0.321 in Win8.1/64bit - GeForce GTX680M.

To confirm, all tooltips report the parameter name, and that I should press F1 for more info. I'm sure there used to be a lot more info than that…

Are other people still hitting this issue? :?

Best wishes

Jeff
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