i am trying to create a new Karma hair under normal shop, under a "material shader builder" should i connect that "karma hair" to an "output collect"?

i did that and now under solaris context(stage) i try to inport that material but i do get warning
"Import of SHOP materials is not supported. Ignored material"

does solaris doesnt like SHOPs?

if i create a materiallibrary and drop a karma_hair and assign it to my geometry now works.

i am missing something and i should think Solaris not integrated with the rest of Houdini?

it seems you need to import the material from the "mat" context to solaris with the import material and then toggle
the bring attributes

Isn't SHOP obsolete in favor of /mat? So I suppose SideFX won't be adding more support for SHOP?

raincole
Isn't SHOP obsolete in favor of /mat? So I suppose SideFX won't be adding more support for SHOP?

Yes, shops are obsolete. Don't use SHOPs except for legacy mantra or 3rd party renderer materials.