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HtoA 5.4.1 for houdini 17.5.460 error python

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Claudioxa
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HtoA 5.4.1 for houdini 17.5.460 error python

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Hi I've been trying to solve my error by looking through the questions here but I haven't been able to solve it. this is my env file:

#
# Houdini Environment Settings
#
# The contents of this file are read into the environment
# at startup. They will override any existing entries in
# the environment.
#
# The syntax is one entry per line as follows:
# VAR = VALUE
#
# Values may be quoted
# VAR = "VALUE"
#
# Values may be empty
# VAR =
#

# Example:
#
# HOUDINI_NO_SPLASH = 1

#ARNOLD
HOUDINI_USE_HFS_PYTHON = 1
# htoa config start
PATH = "$PATH;C:/HTOA17/htoa-5.4.1_r8b71461_houdini-${HOUDINI_VERSION}/scripts/bin"
HOUDINI_PATH = "C:/HTOA17/htoa-5.4.1_r8b71461_houdini-${HOUDINI_VERSION};&"
# htoa config end



# GAMES DEVELOPMENT TOOLSET
HOUDINI_PATH = $HOUDINI_PATH;$APPDATA\SideFX\GameDevToolset\17.5\1.220;&
PATH = $APPDATA\SideFX\GameDevToolset\17.5\1.220\bin;$PATH



and this is from Houdini ->Help->About Houdini

Environment:
ACTIVETAKE Main
ALLUSERSPROFILE C:\ProgramData
APPDATA C:\Users\Usuario\AppData\Roaming
COMPUTERNAME DESKTOP-D0FJO4K
ComSpec C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
CommonProgramFiles(x86) C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files
CommonProgramFiles C:\Program Files\Common Files
CommonProgramW6432 C:\Program Files\Common Files
DRIVER arnold1
DRIVERPATH /out/arnold1
DriverData C:\Windows\System32\Drivers\DriverData
H C:/PROGRA~1/SIDEEF~1/HOUDIN~1.460
HB C:/PROGRA~1/SIDEEF~1/HOUDIN~1.460/bin
HFS C:/PROGRA~1/SIDEEF~1/HOUDIN~1.460
HH C:/PROGRA~1/SIDEEF~1/HOUDIN~1.460/houdini
HHC C:/PROGRA~1/SIDEEF~1/HOUDIN~1.460/houdini/config
HIP D:/claudia/Desktop
HIPFILE D:/claudia/Desktop/test1.hip
HIPNAME test1
HOME D:/claudia/Documents
HOMEDRIVE C:
HOMEPATH \Users\Usuario
HOUDINI_DESKTOP_DIR D:/claudia/Desktop
HOUDINI_OS Windows
HOUDINI_PATH C:/HTOA17/htoa-5.4.1_r8b71461_houdini-17.5.460;C:/Users/Henry/Projects/VFX/MOPS;C:/ProgramData/Redshift/Plugins/Houdini/17.5.460;&;C:/Users/Usuario/AppData/Roaming/SideFX/GameDevToolset/17.5/1.220;&
HOUDINI_QT_PREFERRED_BINDING PySide2
HOUDINI_TEMP_DIR C:/Users/Usuario/AppData/Local/Temp/houdini_temp
HOUDINI_USER_PREF_DIR D:/claudia/Documents/houdini17.5
HOUDINI_USE_HFS_PYTHON 1
HOUDINI_VERSION 17.5.460
HSITE C:/PROGRA~1/SIDEEF~1/HOUDIN~1.460/site
HT C:/PROGRA~1/SIDEEF~1/HOUDIN~1.460/toolkit
HTB C:/PROGRA~1/SIDEEF~1/HOUDIN~1.460/toolkit/bin
HTOA C:/HTOA17/htoa-5.4.1_r8b71461_houdini-17.5.460
HTOA_PLUGIN_PATH C:/HTOA17/htoa-5.4.1_r8b71461_houdini-17.5.460/arnold\plugins
JOB C:/Users/Usuario
KEYSHOT9 D:\claudia\Documents\KeyShot 9
LOCALAPPDATA C:\Users\Usuario\AppData\Local
LOGONSERVER \\DESKTOP-D0FJO4K
MOPS C:/Users/Henry/Projects/VFX/MOPS
NUMBER_OF_PROCESSORS 20
OS Windows_NT
OneDrive C:\Users\Usuario\OneDrive
OneDriveConsumer C:\Users\Usuario\OneDrive
PATH C:/HTOA17/htoa-5.4.1_r8b71461_houdini-17.5.460\scripts\bin;C:/PROGRA~1/SIDEEF~1/HOUDIN~1.460/python27;C:\Users\Usuario\AppData\Roaming\SideFX\GameDevToolset\17.5\1.220\bin;C:/PROGRA~1/SIDEEF~1/HOUDIN~1.460/bin;C:/PROGRA~1/SIDEEF~1/HOUDIN~1.460/toolkit/bin;C:/Windows/system32;C:/Windows;C:/Windows/System32/Wbem;C:/Windows/System32/WindowsPowerShell/v1.0/;C:/Windows/System32/OpenSSH/;C:/Program Files (x86)/NVIDIA Corporation/PhysX/Common;C:/Users/Usuario/AppData/Local/Microsoft/WindowsApps;;C:/ProgramData/Redshift/bin;C:/HTOA17/htoa-5.4.1_r8b71461_houdini-17.5.460/scripts/bin
PATHEXT .COM;.EXE;.BAT;.CMD;.VBS;.VBE;.JS;.JSE;.WSF;.WSH;.MSC
POSE D:/claudia/Documents/houdini17.5/poselib
PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE AMD64
PROCESSOR_IDENTIFIER Intel64 Family 6 Model 165 Stepping 5, GenuineIntel
PROCESSOR_LEVEL 6
PROCESSOR_REVISION a505
PSModulePath C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules;C:\Windows\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\Modules
PUBLIC C:\Users\Public
PYTHONHOME C:/PROGRA~1/SIDEEF~1/HOUDIN~1.460/python27
ProgramData C:\ProgramData
ProgramFiles(x86) C:\Program Files (x86)
ProgramFiles C:\Program Files
ProgramW6432 C:\Program Files
QT_D3DCREATE_MULTITHREADED 1
REDSHIFT_VIEWPORT_CAMERA_PATH /obj/arnold_light1
RLM_LICENSE C:\Program Files\rlm
SESSIONNAME Console
SFX_LICENSE_SERVER 5053@localhost
SystemDrive C:
SystemRoot C:\Windows
TEMP C:/Users/Usuario/AppData/Local/Temp/houdini_temp
TMP C:\Users\Usuario\AppData\Local\Temp
USER Usuario
USERDOMAIN DESKTOP-D0FJO4K
USERDOMAIN_ROAMINGPROFILE DESKTOP-D0FJO4K
USERNAME Usuario
USERPROFILE C:\Users\Usuario
_HIP_SAVEPLATFORM windows-x86_64-cl19.16
_HIP_SAVETIME Fri Mar 26 18:51:20 2021
_HIP_SAVEVERSION 17.5.460
_HIP_SHELFTOOLCOUNT 2

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Message 2 of 14
Stephen.Blair
in reply to: Claudioxa

Try doing it so that HtoA is at the end of PATH.
Like in what I posted here:
https://answers.arnoldrenderer.com/questions/15051/arnold-for-houdini-shops-missing.html



// Stephen Blair
// Arnold Renderer Support
Message 3 of 14
Claudioxa
in reply to: Claudioxa

I tried what you suggested about changing the env file but still getting the very same error, It didn't seem to care if the htoa config path is before or after game dev toolset path in the env file. Could it be something else what I'm doing wrong?

Message 4 of 14
Claudioxa
in reply to: Stephen.Blair

I tried what you suggested about changing the env file but still getting the very same error, It didn't seem to care if the htoa config path is before or after game dev toolset path in the env file. Could it be something else what I'm doing wrong?

Message 5 of 14
brian_Foley
in reply to: Claudioxa

You have Redshift loading from somewhere and it seems to be mixing.


;;C:/ProgramData/Redshift/bin;C:/HTOA17/htoa-5.4.1_r8b71461_houdini-17.5.460/scripts/bin

"REDSHIFT_VIEWPORT_CAMERA_PATH /obj/arnold_light1"

Message 6 of 14
Claudioxa
in reply to: brian_Foley

thanks for commenting, that was something strange, either way I uninstalled both redshift and game dev tools and still the same error.

Message 7 of 14
Anonymous
in reply to: Claudioxa

Hi
There is also Mops in your path
a quick fix is by renaming houdini17.5 folder.
- Start houdini and close it. a new Houdini 17.5 folder is generated when you close Houdini
- Start Houdini with only HtoA in your houdini.env file. arnold should work correctly.
- add other plugins one by one for debugging
Hop this help

Message 8 of 14
Claudioxa
in reply to: Anonymous

Thank you for taking the time to look through my error, but still no luck after trying your solution, it keeps throwing the same error . Anyways thank you for the info about the folder, I didn't know it.

Message 9 of 14
Anonymous
in reply to: Claudioxa

Should work!
if you have the same error that's mean Redshift, MOPS and Game Dev Toolset still pointing to the same path, the most problem is with the append sign at the end (;&)

Message 10 of 14
Claudioxa
in reply to: Anonymous

Hi and thank you for replying once again, what I meant was the same type of error, when placing a light for example. The computer is new maybe I need some other complements or software. Anyway, these are my new env file, and Houdini->Help->AboutHoudini-> Show details: (they're uploaded as separated files I hope)
env file.jpg

.arnoldError_V2.jpgarnoldError2_V2.jpgshow details.jpg



Message 11 of 14
Anonymous
in reply to: Claudioxa

You have variable in you PATH pointing twice to Arnold/Script/bin, at the beginning and the end.
The first one is not correct you have different "/" and "\" in the same path
Go to Control Panel/ Advanced System Settings
Click on Environment variables
Edit the path variable and delete this one:
C:/Users/Usuario/htoa/htoa-5.4.1_r8b71461_houdini-17.5.460/htoa-54.1_r8b71476_houdini-17.5.490\script\bin

Leave the other one:
C:/Users/Usuario/htoa/htoa-5.4.1_r8b71461_houdini-17.5.460/htoa-54.1_r8b71476_houdini-17.5.490/script/bin
Hope this help !

Message 12 of 14
Claudioxa
in reply to: Anonymous

I think that what you point out, makes totally sense, but when I go the environment variables in Control Panel, that variable is not there, I don't know why, so I cannot access it, neither do I know why is being like duplicated. Still, thank you for all your advices, maybe I should upgrade both Houdini and Arnold. Thank you for your time.

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Message 13 of 14
Anonymous
in reply to: Claudioxa

Click start and type regedit, open Registry Editor
In HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE exapand to
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Environment
Then you can find all hidden variables.

Message 14 of 14
Claudioxa
in reply to: Anonymous

Thank you for all your help, I finally manage to get it to work, by upgrading the arnold version, and following your advices.

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