KP3_ 001

My setup:

- 1 Houdini FX workstation license (with 5 Karma tokens)
- 2 PCs: one used as my main workstation, and the other intended for rendering

My situation:
I’m not a technical artist, and I’m the only Houdini user in my company. So I’m trying to figure out how to use my second PC for rendering while continuing to work on my main machine with little to no knowledge.

I’ve found very little documentation that I can either find or understand on how to set this up. Topics like HQueue or Husk feel completely alien to me, and I haven’t been able to find any step-by-step guides that explain the process in a beginner-friendly way.
On top of that, my company has multiple layers of firewall restrictions and internal procedures for installing software, setting up servers, or even opening a terminal (for example, sending an IP address from my main PC to the second PC).

My question:
Given these constraints, does anyone have advice on the simplest or most practical way to use my extra PC for rendering?

Thank you!

Hey there

So I got one Houdini FX license and 5 Karma licenses. I’m trying to use my main computer for working, and have one other PC for rendering in Solaris karma and caching.

I’m not making a big render farm with servers or anything, just one extra computer for rendering and simulations. But I can’t find an updated guide on how to set it up. Is there anyone who can give me a guide?

Thanks!

brians
I believe this is shader compilation. Try leaving it for a very long time, eg 15-30mins (and with very high sample count, to make sure EmbreeCPU doesn’t finish the frame in the meantime).

If it starts eventually running, then yes it is a shader compilation, and we’ve either already adressed, or plan to address it, in the next major release of houdini

thanks Brians for your answer! however waiting doesnt seems to solve the issue, it's been 7 hours and nothing is loading, the spaceship still froze and both optix still initializating, moving the viewport and navigating the UI still works but the asset won't move and just froze in the same angle from the beginning.

im not sure is this a bug or something to do with my pc, do you have any suggestion other then it could be a shader compilation? Or things that i could try turning on or off?

thank you!