MJV
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This is one of the messages I got from tech support: "Side Effects Support Ticket: #124674 Sorry, I meant .hdanc" That's it. That's the entire message, and there is no such file on my computer, anywhere on my computer.
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Thanks for trying to help but this is a complete shit show. I have been emailing back and forth with Side FX (they keep insisting that I can only receive email support, no matter how long it takes) and they seem to have pretty much given up, saying everything looks good. 🤷♂️ Oh well I'm just out a couple of hundred bucks and half a year's time.
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My dialog looks different and everything under karma is greyed out:
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I uninstalled everything and reinstalled and now my license server says I have no license and so only Apprentice loads now. This is a nightmare!!
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The camera node in the screen shot is the camera that is being looked through. The camera seen in the screen shot is nowhere in my scene. I can select it in the viewport, but I can't delete it. Of course. Didn't help.
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I used the launcher to install the lab tools multiple times and they are still missing, in both versions. I tried posting the same question in the Houdini forum too but the moderators there haven't yet seen fit to allow it to appear publicly.
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Thanks but it's not there.
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Nothing shows up in the tab menu. It's definitely missing. All the lab stuff is missing. This is honestly what I hate about Houdini. Unending installation issues and constantly changing installation procedures that mean consulting YouTube videos for help is always useless.
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I wanted to play with the tree generator but it seems like most labs are missing since I updated to 19.5. They are even missing now in 19.0
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Ok thanks for checking.
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I am using Houdini Karma render in R19.5 and I can't find any way to have one dome light for Illumination and a separate dome light for the background. Is it not possible?
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Yay I got Houdini 19.5 installed and the first thing I looked at is if point colors are now supported by Karma XPU and they are. Hurray!! If I may I have a few questions though: 1. Why does the HDRI background not show in the MRay Render? 2. Why can't I get rid of the camera object seen in the viewport? It doesn't exist anywhere in my scene. Seems to have something to do with Mantra IPR but I'm not using Mantra and I can't get rid of it. 3. Why doesn't the Mray window give any indication of my zoom size? I can't tell if I'm looking at at the full resolution or am looking at a zoomed view. Thanks.
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If the tube has no bends in it then a sweep nurbs would be even easier than the spline wrap nurbs.
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R18 can use hair or cloners and effectors, either of which can be used to distribute hair or image sprits or actual geometry depending on level of detail desired.
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To be fair, anything that can be done regarding grass in R25 is easily doable in R18. No need to upgrade just for this.
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This one is older than the series above, but maybe even a little better. I highly recommend them both. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6prOI2CI0KXnSSdvvutIIYZIPtEKaTId
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https://www.sidefx.com/learn/collections/houdini-isnt-scary/
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Sharp edges make sense. I would also suggest if not already done to randomize the all the pieces' tilt so that each reflects a slightly different background to mix it up and not have it look like just a mirror.
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In R20 it is in the Tools-Execution menu and yes there is no shortcut for it.
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I think that might be part of my problem with it. It doesn't seem intuitive to me and it's not something I need frequently anyway, but If one needs it all the time I can see how it could be of value.
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😍🤩🥳 Astonishing!
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In scenes with a couple hundred deformers, which by nature are very computationally slow, disengaging them frees up navigation and also allows the user to see at a glance the total contribution of deformers in a scene. Same goes for the Generator, Animation and Expression on-off switches. The Generator switch in particular is essential for saving frozen scenes and much more effective than the escape key.
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😀 I love those buttons. They shouldn't be hidden under some obscure menu. They are invaluable and should be in everyone's personal layout as pictured in mine..
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As predicted:
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Sounds like the Use Deformer's active/inactive switch somehow got turned off.