Hi, New to houdini and i have an ocean render issue,help?

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'CUsers/Dom/Documents/Houdini_projects/Houdini_tests/RE_installed/maps/ocean_displace.0089.picnc'
mantra: Unable to load texture

this comes up when i hit view in mantra

any idea??
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is that a valid path?

without seeing your hip file it's hard to figure out what the issue is….
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that is where i have set my project? im sorry i am new to this software

i was following a tutorial and did everything they did but i couldn't see the results

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Ocean_Test.hipnc (30.5 KB)

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This is what the image looks like when it is supposed to be an ocean

please find attached

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there is nothing in your attached hipnc file…

can you save it out again?
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is this okay?

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Ocean_Test_v2.hipnc (961.2 KB)

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you have to render the displacements generated by the Ocean Eval nodes > then render the image…


check this tutorial for how to use the Ocean shelf tools
https://www.sidefx.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2659&Itemid=132 [sidefx.com]
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okay that seemed to help with the scene not making it flat, but it still has a tint of pink to the image?

Unable to load texture ‘CPROGRA~1/SIDEEF~1/HOUDIN~1.258/houdini/pic/DOSCH_SKIESV2_125SN_lowres.rat’

saying this?

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select the envlight1
the Environment Map parameter is pointing to an invalid location
$HFS/houdini/pic/DOSCH_SKIESV2_${F2}SN_lowres.rat
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$HFS means the location of your Houdini Instalation

for whatever reason this is failing to resolve on your system
it's Windows and spaces in paths - Houdini doesn't like them (nor should it)

it's a pain but I'd really recommend uninstalling Houdini and re-installing
and when the installer asks you where you want to instal Houdini (it will default to “CProgram Files/Side Effects/etc/etc”)
instead use something like
CHoudini14

then in your scene the path to the image will be:
'CHoudini14/houdini_14_0_258/houdini/pic/DOSCH_SKIESV2_125SN_lowres.rat'


HTH
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i have re installed houdini like you suggested

but this message still came up in the houdini console

mantra: Unable to load texture ‘CHoudini14/houdini/pic/DOSCH_SKIESV2_83SN_lowres.rat’
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Mantra renders pink if it doesn't find texture.
There is nothing wrong with Houdini. It seems that you have “Show sequences as one entry” turned on therefore it's reading file per frame.

$HFS/houdini/pic/DOSCH_SKIESV2_${F2}SN_lowres.rat

you can see it puts ${F2}. Houdini assumes numbers in file name as frame. For single frame it's dangerous.
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thanks that sorted it,

i really appreciate all the help thank you
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