Hi there,

As I'm not very familiar with Windows I'm having difficulties in setting up the Houdini environment. Especially the variables. :shock:

All I'm looking for is a way to include certain directories in the HOUDINI_PATH. I hope that for instance the OPlibraries file in there will get picked up.

I've found out how to set the variable and let Houdini pick it up.
But when I set HOUDINI_PATH I'm basicly overriding it and Houdini won't start proparly.
I geuss I do want to append the variable with my own directories.
But I believe the variable isn't set yet and I'm not sure I know how to append variables anyway… ops:

anyone able to help me out?

cheers,
benS

If you type in “hconfig -ap” from a shell, you'll note that near the top, it mentions that
& - The ampersand character expands to the “default” path.
For example, to add a directory to the a path without
worrying about what the default path should actually be,
simply set the path to: “/mypath;&”. This will search
the “/mypath” path first, then search the default path.

Ah cool that is even better!
I got it working in the end by rebuilding the HOUDINI_PATH fully.
Using & might be the safest (and procedual) way to go.

cheers,
benS