Houdini 18.0.499 does not start

[WoutTgh]

Great thanks ! I just downloaded and installed it, but it says " Demo Version", pretty sure I'm missing something

[juanjgon]

Hmm, but have you downloaded the enterprise or studio plugin builds?

Thanks,
-Juanjo

[WoutTgh]

Woops, totally my bad, I of course downloaded the demo.. Downloading the right version now... Sorry

[WoutTgh]

It 's working now. I get a message about ' incompatible ROP" is that because of the the new version ?

[davidyannick_1]

The new build is ready
viewtopic.php?f=102&t=75163

Thanks,
-Juanjo

Thanks again for all your work !!!

[juanjgon]

It 's working now. I get a message about ' incompatible ROP" is that because of the the new version ?

Hmm, I'm not sure. What is exactly the problem? Please, check if you have the right plugin build for your Houdini version configured in the houdini.env file.

Thanks,
-Juanjo

[WoutTgh]

Something strange was going on with that scene, all the Octane material network nodes had changed into shader nodes( no network to dive into), the OCtane ROP was wrong/corrupted.

I opened a previous version of the file and copied over the nodes..

[juanjgon]

Something strange was going on with that scene, all the Octane material network nodes had changed into shader nodes( no network to dive into), the OCtane ROP was wrong/corrupted.

I opened a previous version of the file and copied over the nodes..

Hmm, perhaps you had loaded and saved this scene in a Houdini without the plugin or with it not properly installed. If you save a scene loaded in Houdini without the plugin, all the Octane nodes will be lost.

Thanks,
-Juanjo

[WoutTgh]

Oh yes, that sound very plausible

[jandress]

The 499 Octane will not start in the 499 build. Error message box on Houdini startup:

"(1114)Couldn't load C:/Users/john/Documents/houdini18.0/Octane_2020.1.2.0_Houdini_18.0.499_vr_Win64/dso/HoudiniOctane_18.0.499_vr.dll

This is probably because this file was intended for use with a different version of Houdini."

Update: the 460 version fails with a similar error.