johnfh59

This looks like exactly what I have been searching for for about a week now. Setting the environment variable HOUDINI_OGL_SOFTWARE to 1 on my yet-to-be-upgraded software/hardware configuration right now and then reboot, and see if Houdini ever crashes again when I apply a VEX Plastic to an object in my scene. I have seen the message “Fatal Error - Segment Fault” about 20 times so far and it has made it hard to learn. Then again, when you try to run such powerful software on a TNT2 M64 32M card (which doesn't even support DirectX - I didn't know this when I bought it), you expect certain compromises. I'll come back and edit this or update it when I know whether or not it has fixed my problem. Thank God I finally found this! I have searched for “Houdini, software mode” and every other combination I could think of. Back soon…

John