Octane Not Showing Up in Houdini->Settings->Rendering

[bollella]

HI all,
I just installed the latest plugin for Houdini 20.5.613 on MacOS/M3Ultra. I haven't used Octane in quite a while but thought I'd give it another try. I can render, the shelf tools show up and all seems ok **Except** Octane does not appear in the list when I go to Houdini->Settings->Rendering.

AI's given me some things to try to get it settled and indicated I have a partial installation.

I have a Studio+ Plugin subscription and installed 2025.2.1.0

Any ideas why it might not be showing up there?

Thanks,
Greg

[dom_otoy]

Hey there!
Did you install the plugin using the json/sh workflow? Or are you using the houdini.env?
Houdini.env workflow is no longer supported and won't be working correctly

[bollella]

I did use the json/sh install and have the proper .json file in .../20.5/packages. Most things seem to work, I can render. Here's the contents of the package fine:

{
"enable": true,
"env": [
{
"OCTANE_AUTOSPAREPARAMS": {
"value": 1
}
},
{
"OCTVERSION": "/Volumes/Disk00/3D Modeling/Octane/Octane_2025/Octane_2025.2.1.0_Houdini_20.5.613_Prime_macos"
},
{
"HOUDINI_PATH": {
"value": "$OCTVERSION"
},
"HOUDINI_MENU_PATH": {
"value": "$OCTVERSION/config/Menus"
},
"HOUDINI_SCRIPT_PATH": {
"value": "$OCTVERSION/scripts"
},
"PATH": {
"value": "$OCTVERSION/bin"
},
"PXR_PLUGINPATH_NAME": {
"value": "$OCTVERSION/dso/usd_plugins"
}
}
]
}