jiin kim

Hi everyone,

I’ve been using Redshift with Houdini 20.5.278 for a while without any issues, but one day it suddenly stopped working.
After some checking, I found out that my current Houdini build (20.5.278) is no longer officially supported by the newer Redshift versions.

I suspect this happened because I accidentally updated Redshift via Maxon App, and since then, Houdini crashes or throws DSO errors whenever I try to render.


Followed several YouTube guides (editing houdini.env, adding OCIO paths, etc.)

Tried the method of downloading early Redshift plugin versions and manually setting the paths (e.g., 20.5.278 folder under C:/ProgramData/Redshift/Plugins/Houdini/)

Still getting either DSO loading errors or instant crashes when moving the viewport


Is anyone here using Houdini 20.5.278 and has experienced the same issue?
If so, how did you fix it?
Upgrading Houdini or Redshift is not an option for me right now, so I’m looking for a stable workaround for this version.

Thanks in advance!