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[chanson78]

Its been a while since I have installed a new version of Octane for Houdini and I am totally confused with the proper way to install. I am getting an error(see attachment) when starting up Houdini. The Octane shelf appears in Houdini but nothing functions. I know that this has something to do with my .env paths but I am not sure. I also have a Redshift path in there, should this be in a certain order?

I am on Windows 10, Houdini 16.5

Downloaded Octane 3.07.0.1

HOUDINI_DSO_ERROR = 2
PATH = "C:/ProgramData/Redshift/bin;$PATH"
HOUDINI_PATH = "C:/ProgramData/Redshift/Plugins/Houdini/16.5.268;&"

PATH = "C:/Users/Chris/Documents/houdini16.5/bin;$PATH"HOUDINI_PATH = "C:/path/to/octane;&"

Lines of code always confuse me.

[chanson78]

Ok so I found this link viewtopic.php?f=101&t=53658 and follwed the directions here.

I put the Octane_3.07.0.1 folder in (C:)

Changed the .env file to:

PATH = "C:/Octane_3.07.0.1/bin;$PATH"
HOUDINI_PATH = "C:/Octane_3.07.0.1;&"

HOUDINI_DSO_ERROR = 2

PATH = "C:/ProgramData/Redshift/bin;$PATH"
HOUDINI_PATH = "C:/ProgramData/Redshift/Plugins/Houdini/16.5.268;&"

But still getting the same error. Why is it still looking for the old path?

[juanjgon]

Hi,

The Octane 3.07 plugin builds don't have any proper version for Houdini 16.5. You need to download the latest 3.08 plugin build that has proper plugin versions for the latest Houdini production builds:
viewtopic.php?f=102&t=66348

In the other hand, Houdini doesn't support the declaration of the same variable twice in the houdini.env file. You must join the paths using the ";" character.

So after downloading the 3.08 plugin build, if you copy the .zip file "Octane_3.08.0.9_Houdini_16.5.268_Win64" folder content to your "C:\Octane_3.08.0.9" directory, your houdini.env file should be:

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HOUDINI_DSO_ERROR = 2
PATH = "C:/Octane_3.08.0.9/bin;C:/ProgramData/Redshift/bin;$PATH"
HOUDINI_PATH = "C:/Octane_3.08.0.9;C:/ProgramData/Redshift/Plugins/Houdini/16.5.268;&"


Hope this helps,
-Juanjo

[chanson78]

Thanks so much for clearing up the confusion!