![]() If anyone has any kind of information regarding Houdini Engine for Maya and how licensing or env variables, I'll be very interested. Haven't actually found anyhting but maybe it can help finding a solution. I look over the web for solutions and there's a similar issue with Unity, but the workaround didn't work in my case.Īlso, I have been learning and experimenting on an Apprentice license for multiple years, which means I might have some old files related to that in my system. ![]() I'm using Maya 2019 and Houdini 19.0.498 (python 3) HAPI_LICENSE_MODE unset or is set to 'default' meaning Houdini Engine will first try to acquire a Houdini Engine license and if one is not found it will try to acquire an interactive Houdini license (Houdini Core then Houdini FX). Error: HAPI Error: No Valid Licenses Found ![]() Error: Could not load OTL file: Path to my OTLs folder // No problem during the installation and the plugin seems to load properly into Maya, but as soon as I'm trying to load an asset from the houdini Engine menu, I'm getting that error : Changing the computer name is not advisable unless all the licenses have been. I tried doing this: Sometimes the SERVER key may become invalid if you change the computer name or upgrade your hardware. hdanc which the Houdini digital asset in UE doesn’t accept. Hello, I recently intalled a new motherboard, and am unable to re-install my apprentice license. I've been able to install it using the Houdini Engine Plugin Installer found in houdini's shelves. No you can’t use Houdini Apprentice (H-A) with UE as it stands because H-A doesn’t offer any third party rendering without a water mark, only renders in 720, and only in a proprietary. I have been owning a Houdini Indie licence, bought on Steam for almost a year now, and I'd like to try out Houdini Engine for Maya. This reminds of similar setups at work where dedicated servers house the licenses and a definite IT staff will be manning and updating the licenses as necessary.After several hours of unsucceful troubleshooting, I'm getting out of ideas and solutions. r/Houdini 1 day ago Posted by DMG-55 Apprentice - 'No license could be found to run this apication' Hey guys, trying to install Houdini apprentice via the launcher. Just permission settings responding with your level of admin rights. If unable to modify, it specifically means you are not able to write to the license file. Fact that I took minutes to find and fix this problem tells.Ī sign that I dismissed earlier is the fact that Houdini’s License Administrator will tell you that this machine is either – not able to modify the licenses or. I do not claim to know how permissions work on Windows, but it sure looks kind of convoluted and bulky. So I came across this page, and followed step by step how to grant full control to the file by clicking around with the GUI. Now this process will be really easy to check if I was on linux or mac running any kind of shell, a simple ls and sudo chmod will solve the problem if it does not allow write permission from said user.ĭoing it on Windows needs some added effort, because I never bothered to get deep with Windows, never touched command prompt to know if it’s any similar or different from the shells I’m used to. This particular file needs to be modifiable by you who are running/installing the license. Your license keys are stored in C:\Windows\keys\license.local (if not otherwise specified or somewhere similar on mac or linux). When exporting the animation from Houdini, what I would do is highlight the whole mesh, and export it as an alembic. Three examples are provided: Houdini with Mantra, Maya with VRay, and Katana with RenderMan as downstream tools to process and render your Alembic city model. It’s so simple, it makes me -.- also the error messages could really be more helpful by not just telling me the process failed, but also why?īasically, your non-commercial licenses only last 30 days from each install, so this process will repeat itself many a times if you are like me who is transitioning to work in Houdini almost full-time. Introduction This tutorial demonstrates a number of VFX-related workflows based on the Alembic exporter. When I wanted to work on some things or dissect some files, I end up spending most of the time troubleshooting why the license could not be installed. However after a hiatus, where I just could not be bothered to touch my workstations at home because I work all day at work on a linux already, whenever I ran my Houdini on my home workstations, it does not get pass the licensing stage. All 3 were able to run Houdini with no problems when I first installed it. I have 2 machines running Houdini Apprentice, a Macbook Air 13-inch early 2014 and one Mac mini late 2014 (boot camped with Windows 10).
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