John Mather

You can pass a python script to Houdini when launching it. Simply put the code you want to execute once it's started and then run it like so: houdini my.hip script.py

Give these a shot:

https://www.sidefx.com/faq/question/remote-desktop-with-houdini/ [www.sidefx.com]
https://www.sidefx.com/faq/question/why-cant-i-get-past-the-houdini-splash-screen/ [www.sidefx.com]

Please submit a bug report so that it can be forwarded to the correct developer. Thanks!