Hi , I spent almost an hour trying by ANY mean to have Houdini simply reload some textures without having to restart it …. and that's a big fail.


I tried almost everything :

textcache -c -C
glcache -c
opcook …
opupdate
menu : render/update textures
shelf tool : Textures/Clear Texture Cache

All my texture files are on a NAS, would that be the source of my problem ?

Yes, unfortunately the texture cache is a pain, I always have to restart Houdini to propper update texture changes!

I hope that it gets fixed soon.

Cheers!

Are there any updates on how to reload textures in Houdini ?

I am starting to find it REALLY annoying and kind of ridiculous for Houdini not to be able to reload textures without having to restart .

Are there any plans to make it work some day ?

texcache -c
glcache -c

this seems to work on linux and reloads textures.

Doudini
texcache -c
glcache -c

this seems to work on linux and reloads textures.

'Render > Update Textures' executes both those commands, so it's equivalent. H15 was patched twice for texture updates:

Houdini 15.0.396: Textures in actively use by the viewport are now invalidated by Update Textures (glcache -c)

Houdini 15.0.284: ptex textures are cleared when the texture cache is cleared (texcache -c)

something I always do when clearing the texture cache is to go to wireframe first…

arctor
something I always do when clearing the texture cache is to go to wireframe first…

You won't need to do that after 15.0.396.

I'll still do it…it makes me feel better