OctaneRender 2025.1 Beta 1 for Houdini (2025.1.Beta_1.0)

[ricky_otoy]

isn't the rest attribute supposed to work with disp/bump? i cant get it working.

Unfortunately, the Displace/Bump with Rest position is not yet supported in the beta.

[coresign]

Getting errors on linux fedora 41 ,and can‘t open the qt render view
Houdini DSO error on 'XXXX/Houdini_Octane_20.5.487.so'
/lib64/libharfbuzz.so.0: undefined symbol: FT_Get_Color_Glyph_Layer

[heimlich]

distortion stmap still not supported ?.. been broken since 2024

[bruce.chai]

Getting errors on linux fedora 41 ,and can‘t open the qt render view
Houdini DSO error on 'XXXX/Houdini_Octane_20.5.487.so'
/lib64/libharfbuzz.so.0: undefined symbol: FT_Get_Color_Glyph_Layer

Hi coresign,
Sorry for the problem, this should be another Linux system lib conflicts with Houdini's version, and unfortunately, Houdini's version takes precedence again.
I actually reproduced this similar issue on on Linux Mint 21.

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/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libharfbuzz.so.0: undefined symbol: FT_Get_Color_Glyph_Layer

The symbol is defined in /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libfreetype.so.6 on Linux Mint 21.

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nm -DC /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libfreetype.so.6 | grep FT_Get_Color_Glyph_Layer
0000000000012970 T FT_Get_Color_Glyph_Layer

So I suspect you need to LD_PRELOAD /lib64/libfreetype.so.6.
Please run

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nm -DC /lib64/libfreetype.so.6 | grep FT_Get_Color_Glyph_Layer

on your Linux, if you see similar message, you will need to use below command to workaround this problem.

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LD_PRELOAD=/lib64/libfreetype.so.6 HOUDINI_DSO_ERROR=2 /opt/hfs20.5.487/bin/houdini

[bruce.chai]

distortion stmap still not supported ?.. been broken since 2024

Hi heimlich,
Sorry for the problem. So it worked in 2023 releases, right?
Could you please share a scene file demonstrating this bug, so we could have a look?
Thank you!

[heimlich]

Hi Bruce, yes, it works perfectly fine in 2023... something went wrong with the aspect ratio in 2024/2025.. I have give a test scene to Ricky, and I believe there's a bug filed as well for it.. if you cant find it, i'll try to make another test for you

[bruce.chai]

Hi Bruce, yes, it works perfectly fine in 2023... something went wrong with the aspect ratio in 2024/2025.. I have give a test scene to Ricky, and I believe there's a bug filed as well for it.. if you cant find it, i'll try to make another test for you

Thanks, heimlich. I'll confirm with Ricky when he is back from holiday next week.

[ra2or]

Rotating the toon distant light doesn't update in the IPR window. I have to refresh it manually each time to see the result.

[bruce.chai]

Rotating the toon distant light doesn't update in the IPR window. I have to refresh it manually each time to see the result.

Thanks for reporting this issue, ra2or.
I have reproduced this issue, will see if this could be fixed in the next release.

[marcikola]

I think displacement and motion blur together doesn't work, is this a known bug?
With vertex displacement it works.