juanjgon wrote:Yes, sorry. This week I'll release new Octane 2021.1 and 2022.1 plugin builds including support for this latest Houdini production build.

Thanks,
-Juanjo

No problem,using the compatible Houdini version was a good solution. Thank you for your reply!

Resolved: Octane isn't yet compiled for the new production build, probably why error presisted. Works fine in previous production build 19.0.622.

Hi, Attached a simple scene illustrating an instant crash when hooking-up textures with the op: expression in Octane Texture RGB filename.
This used to work before, now it crashes in all scenario's.

Perhaps you should try to delete it

I removed the LWOctane.cfg file and this successfully corrected the error as you suggested.
Thank you!

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I have no idea why it's happening and how to correct it.

Could this be file permission issue?

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