it looks like this build reintroduced the 'slave' terminology. I don't think I've seen them labeled like that in a long time.

Yup totally understand it’s alpha - typically future release leaning products for testing include builds that test the current release of the operating systems they are available on.

The m5 ultra can’t even run macOS 26 I don’t think. Or rather I’m not going to rollback the OS it shipped with ...

Dang, no macOS 27 support. I was hoping that this release and the next 2026 release would be ready for golden gate.

alright we continue to wait!

Yes just idle Ui

Having an immediate crash on macOS (Houdini 21.5.700) when clicking 'layers' in the IPR. On windows there is an error dialog that popsup saying 'the render layers system is not ready for the render target' which I assume is also happening on macOS, but the error is somehow killing the Houdini session.

its the same path that I've been using for my octane package for years now, including the previous version of 2026.

its a variable thats set to a _PLUGIN folder in my Houdini prefs folder.

on macOS Im currently getting a crash on the creation of any geo at /obj level.


08:25:21 ERROR: [OBJ parm] ---------- Cannot open parm ds file Octane_2026.2.0.0_Houdini_21.0.596_Prime_macos/scripts/DSFile/OctaneHoudini_GeoParms.ds
2705: Fatal error: Segmentation fault (sent by pid 0)

macOS ...

in a new Houdini 21.0.512 scene, with only octane installed, I am getting this crash as soon as I create an empty geo container.

Generating new icons...
Done generating new icons.
08:53:16 ERROR: [OBJ parm] ---------- Cannot open parm ds file Octane_2026.1.0.0_Houdini_21.0.512_Studio+_Win64 ...

No problem! This is that grailed release many of us have been waiting for, for years. Looking forward to it!

Is this still slated to be released with plugins + cross-platform network rendering this year?