coccosoids c

Whenever I increase minor version on an HDA I am working on, the most likely outcome is a an asset which is not updated, or other random complications and eventually a Houdini crash. What I mean by 'not updated' is that the python states script is not saved with the new version of the asset.
Granted this is my first HDA and I have almost no experience, but should this be so complicated?!
Can someone recommend a few guides on how to use this feature properly?!

Can someone please help me understand conceptually the difference between these two? Why or when should you make use of one or the other?

mabelzile

coccarolla
I hope I can get an answer because I've been experimenting for a long time without any results.
I am trying to orient a python handle based on incoming geometry normals. The way I am trying to accomplish this is by extracting the position and the normal and building transforms from them in onDrawSetup. Then I am trying to multiply these with the gadgets' xform but results are not stable. Is there a proper order or place for doing this? Or am I doing something fundamentally wrong?

Could you provide a working Python handle that demonstrates the issues you are encountering?

Unfortunately I can't share it publicly. But I guess the most difficulty I'm having right now is understanding what should be the correct flow of transformations within a handle, where should you update parms and where should apply xforms etc