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the octane api can't be starterd

Posted: Thu Apr 16, 2020 7:12 pm
by olivierj
Hi,
as i launch houdini, even so octane render start without problem, i get that message
ERROR:
The Octane API can't be starterd: Tried to start DLL more than once.
would anyone know what could be happening ?
thank you

Re: the octane api can't be starterd

Posted: Thu Apr 16, 2020 8:49 pm
by juanjgon
Hmm, weird issue! That means that Houdini is trying to load the plugin twice or something like that. Where do you have the plugin installed, and what's your houdini.env file? I wonder if you could have two or more plugin builds inside the Houdini $HOME folder.

Thanks,
-Juanjo

Re: the octane api can't be starterd

Posted: Fri Apr 17, 2020 5:02 pm
by olivierj
it make sense as it seems to work properly. i'll double check install and env. thank you very much