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How to import ass file in Houdini?

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Message 1 of 13
szewonkwok
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How to import ass file in Houdini?

Hi! I am using Houdini 16.5.268 and HtoA 2.2.0. I tried to import the lighting ass file by arnold_procedural in Houdini, but it didn't show up in the viewport. Also I tried to render it, but it came out with Error that showing "Error Command Exit Code: 1".

The ass file was working fine in Maya, and the Arnold render was working ok without Arnold_procedural node.

Am i doning something wrong? or there are other way to import lighting in HtoA?

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Message 2 of 13
Stephen.Blair
in reply to: szewonkwok

Error Command Exit Code: 1

That's not an Arnold or HtoA message. Can you get an Arnold log?



// Stephen Blair
// Arnold Renderer Support
Message 3 of 13
szewonkwok
in reply to: szewonkwok

@Stephen Blair

Yes! Thank you for replying.

00:00:00 36MB | [hick] Received: log_max_warnings: 5 00:00:00 36MB | [hick] Received: AA: -3 -1 3 00:00:00 36MB | [hick] Received: delta_publisher_port: 55379 00:00:00 39MB | [hick] Received: assfile: c:\users\sh\appdata\local\temp\houdini_temp\htoa_sh\11912_4c5c1ddf-c479-4758-8223-3f8a67332766.ass 00:00:00 40MB | [ass] loading c:\users\sh\appdata\local\temp\houdini_temp\htoa_sh\11912_4c5c1ddf-c479-4758-8223-3f8a67332766.ass ... 00:00:00 40MB | loading plugins from C:/Users/sh/htoa/htoa-2.2.0_r9912855_houdini-16.5.268/htoa-2.2.0_r9912855_houdini-16.5.268/arnold/plugins ... 00:00:00 40MB | loading plugins from C:/Users/sh/htoa/htoa-2.2.0_r9912855_houdini-16.5.268/htoa-2.2.0_r9912855_houdini-16.5.268/arnold/drivers ... 00:00:00 45MB | loaded 2 plugins from 2 lib(s) in 0:00.02 00:00:00 45MB | [ass] read 7557 bytes, 6 nodes in 0:00.02 00:00:00 45MB | [hick] rendering progressive pass at AA = -3 00:00:00 50MB WARNING | rendering with watermarks because of failed authorization: 00:00:00 67MB ERROR | [ass] line 77: aiPhotometricLightShape293.filters: unresolved reference to 'aiLightDecay27' 00:00:00 67MB ERROR | [ass] line 138: aiPhotometricLightShape330151.filters: unresolved reference to 'aiLightDecay24' 00:00:00 67MB ERROR | [ass] line 170: aiPhotometricLightShape330152.filters: unresolved reference to 'aiLightDecay26' 00:00:00 67MB ERROR | [ass] line 202: aiPhotometricLightShape330148.filters: unresolved reference to 'aiLightDecay18' 00:00:00 67MB ERROR | [ass] line 234: aiPhotometricLightShape330188.filters: unresolved reference to 'aiLightDecay21' 00:00:00 70MB WARNING | failed to launch bucket workers: received abort signal

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Message 4 of 13
Stephen.Blair
in reply to: szewonkwok

The light filter shaders are missing.

 00:00:00 67MB ERROR | [ass] line 234: aiPhotometricLightShape330188.filters: unresolved reference to 'aiLightDecay21' 

When you export the lights, you'll need to export shaders too.

681-lights-with-light-filters.png



// Stephen Blair
// Arnold Renderer Support
Message 5 of 13
szewonkwok
in reply to: Stephen.Blair

Thank you! I tried to export it again. It was better right now I think...but still not rendered anything...

It was showing this:

00:00:13 144MB WARNING | node entry "standard" is deprecated, and may be removed in the future 00:00:13 149MB WARNING | rendering with watermarks because of failed authorization: 00:00:13 165MB ERROR | [ass] line 10419: node "MayaFile" is not installed 00:00:13 153MB WARNING | aborting render setup: received abort signal

Message 6 of 13
Stephen.Blair
in reply to: szewonkwok

If you want just lights and their light filters, then that ASS file has too much in it. Or are you using a texture on a quad light? If so, then since you're using the MayaFile node to load the texture, you'll need to add the MtoA shaders to the Shader Search Path in HtoA



// Stephen Blair
// Arnold Renderer Support
Message 7 of 13
Anonymous
in reply to: szewonkwok

Hi
Working fine here, but you have to do some manipulations to force the ass file showing in the viewport.
when you look inside Arnold_procedural /File contents, and hit the node info or middle mouse in the node for some reason you get a warning that tell you something like "Unable to read ass file " or "Please specify a geometry file"

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685-unlock.jpg

Just unlock the node arnold_procedural (Allow Editing of contents), go inside and click one bye one Switch_bbox, bounds, edges and OUT_bbox. this solve problem viewport.

684-asspreviewbox.jpg

686-assbbx.jpg

last Put a path in Procedural Path

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render

Message 8 of 13
Anonymous
in reply to: szewonkwok

and finally render

688-assrender.jpg

Message 9 of 13
szewonkwok
in reply to: Anonymous

Thank you! I tried to do that in Houdini, but still not showing the bounding box...and the warning still there...it seems that the contents node doesn't read ass file...

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Message 10 of 13
szewonkwok
in reply to: Stephen.Blair

I'm using aiPhotometric lights in the scene. I added the path in HtoA and rendered it, it came out with other warning...

"00:00:00 47MB WARNING | unable to load dynamic library C:/solidangle/mtoadeploy/2018/shaders\synColor_shaders.dll: The specified module could not be found. 00:00:00 51MB WARNING | rendering with watermarks because of failed authorization:"

Or I added it in the wrong way?

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Message 11 of 13
Stephen.Blair
in reply to: szewonkwok

You can ignore that, because you don't need synColor.

Or you can copy the mtoa_shader dll to your HtoA install.



// Stephen Blair
// Arnold Renderer Support
Message 12 of 13
szewonkwok
in reply to: Stephen.Blair

Thank you Stephen! Since I updated Houdini to 16.6.323 and Arnold to 2.2.2...And it works now....

Message 13 of 13
szewonkwok
in reply to: Anonymous

Thank you Rachid! Since I updated Houdini to 16.6.323 and Arnold to 2.2.2...And it works now....

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