Danicka Oglesby

NicTanghe
High baking displacement always worked but now it stopped working evrywhere and im a bit fabergasted.

i tried downgrading the labs version, this did not help.

The new node doen`t trow anny errors. and then doesn`t output anything.

The old node trows.
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "labs::Sop/maps_baker::3.0/execute", line 1, in <module>
File "labs::Sop/maps_baker::3.0, PythonModule", line 4, in Render
File "C:\PROGRA~1/SIDEEF~1/HOUDIN~1.628/houdini/python3.11libs\hou.py", line 17843, in cook
return _hou.OpNode_cook(self, *args, **kwargs)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
hou.OperationFailed: The attempted operation failed.
Error while cooking.

simple baker trows:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "labs::Sop/simple_baker::2.0/execute", line 1, in <module>
File "labs::Sop/simple_baker::2.0, PythonModule", line 6, in render
File "C:\PROGRA~1/SIDEEF~1/HOUDIN~1.628/houdini/python3.11libs\houpythonportion\ui.py", line 1158, in decorator
return func(*args, **kwargs)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "C:\PROGRA~1/SIDEEF~1/HOUDIN~1.628/houdini/python3.11libs\hou.py", line 81108, in render
return _hou.RopNode_render(self, *args, **kwargs)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
hou.OperationFailed: The attempted operation failed.
Error: Error rendering child: /obj/geo1/simple_baker1/ropnet1/rop_games_baker/single_bake
ive tested on the tokura example aswell as this one.

Which version of Labs Maps Baker are you using? Maps Baker 3.0 was written with Python 2, so it runs into issues when using newer versions of Houdini since we're using Python 3 now. Maps Baker 4.0 and 5.0 are successfully generating output images for me. Could you attach your HIP file and I can take a look?

Labs Simple Baker uses Mantra as a renderer. Are you able to render with Mantra otherwise?

Hey there, Substance for Copernicus hasn't been tackled yet, but I'll raise it with the Labs team because it's worth investigating.

Thanks for sharing your interest in it! It helps keep us informed of what our users need.

I don't think it's Mantra being phased out. I'm able to use Simple Baker just fine in 20.5.522. I'm also able to render using a Mantra render node as I always have. I do think something strange is going on with your Mantra permissions, however I don't think it's anything to do with SideFX purposefully limiting its use.

Do you get an error message when pressing the render button or trying to render with a Mantra node? Do you have Mantra licenses available to you in your License Manager? What version of Houdini are you using?