Hello All,

When loading up Houdini, I get this error statement:


File "labs::Sop/wfc_sample_paint, opdef:/labs::Sop/wfc_sample_paint?ViewerStateInstall", line 1, in <module>
File "C:\PROGRA~1/Side Effects Software/Houdini 20.5.676/houdini/python3.11libs\viewerstate\utils.py", line 1007, in register_pystate_embedded
raise ViewerStateException(
viewerstate.utils.ViewerStateException: createViewerStateTemplate not found in oplib:/labs::Sop/wfc_sample_paint?labs::Sop/wfc_sample_paint

The result seems to be that the Paint Node does not function properly - the handle will not show up, regardless of what button I press, what the project is, etc.

I have a set of Plugins called Continuum from Boris FX that seems to be the culprit. When I remove that OFX plugin from my computer, no error, no problem.

I'm wondering if this is a known issue or if there is a workaround so that I don't need to uninstall the plug-in (I use it for Resolve) if I wish to use the paint node.

Thank you

You can set the HOUDINI_DISABLE_OPENFX_DEFAULT_PATH environment variable to 1. That should stop Houdini from finding it.