Downloaded and installed Houdini version 16.5.473.
It crashes at startup every time.
16.5.405 worked more or less without crashing.
(just some weird viewport issues.. stuff I deactivated still showing up frozen in time)
I am trying to revert to an older nvidia driver and see if it helps…
What Nvidia Driver Versions do you guys use(especially with a 1080Ti)?
EDIT: reverting to an older NVIDIA driver did not help.. still crashing
Nvidia Driver Versions
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Another update!
I tried to revert to my previous know working version and I still got the same issue.
So I deleted all files in my Documents\houdini16.5 folder and tried opening the same file and now even 16.5.473 opens correctly.
There must be some incompatible settings (“custom desktops or shelfs”) or something that was causing the crash!
At least I have Houdini now!!!!
I tried to revert to my previous know working version and I still got the same issue.
So I deleted all files in my Documents\houdini16.5 folder and tried opening the same file and now even 16.5.473 opens correctly.
There must be some incompatible settings (“custom desktops or shelfs”) or something that was causing the crash!
At least I have Houdini now!!!!
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Hi guys !
I still have the problem here, my Houdini crash at start-up !
OS : windows 8.1
Houdini apprentice 16.5.473
I have updated my nvidia driver, delete the folder “C:\Users\Me\Documents\houdini16.5” but it still crashing !
my last report was : “crash.untitled.Me_6576_log”
Do you have another clue ?? Or an advice ?
I still have the problem here, my Houdini crash at start-up !
OS : windows 8.1
Houdini apprentice 16.5.473
I have updated my nvidia driver, delete the folder “C:\Users\Me\Documents\houdini16.5” but it still crashing !
my last report was : “crash.untitled.Me_6576_log”
Do you have another clue ?? Or an advice ?
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Wild guess time! Could some of you try adding a system environment variable
On Windows, the start menu entry “Edit the system environment variables” should probably come up if you start typing “environment”. Click that, click the “Environment Variables…” button. If it's already present in one of the two tables, select it and press “Edit” to edit it, change the value to
HOUDINI_ANONYMOUS_STATISTICS
with value 0
On Windows, the start menu entry “Edit the system environment variables” should probably come up if you start typing “environment”. Click that, click the “Environment Variables…” button. If it's already present in one of the two tables, select it and press “Edit” to edit it, change the value to
0
, press OK, OK, and OK. If it's not already present, click “New” for the lower table, add it, press OK, OK, and OK. If you start Houdini from a command line shell, you'll need to restart the shell, else you should be able to just start Houdini.
Edited by neil_math_comp - May 24, 2018 11:30:17
Writing code for fun and profit since... 2005? Wow, I'm getting old.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_HFmdvpe9U2G3OMNViKMEQ [www.youtube.com]
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_HFmdvpe9U2G3OMNViKMEQ [www.youtube.com]
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Thank you !
What is this variable for ?
Sadly, it's still crashing at start-up !
I'm not starting houdini from a command line shell, because I don't know how to do it.
edit : Do you think it could be my laptop ? Maybe it isn't powerful enough to launch houdini ?
What is this variable for ?
Sadly, it's still crashing at start-up !
I'm not starting houdini from a command line shell, because I don't know how to do it.
edit : Do you think it could be my laptop ? Maybe it isn't powerful enough to launch houdini ?
Edited by CatherineL - May 24, 2018 12:31:06
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CatherineLAlas. It was worth a shot.
Sadly, it's still crashing at start-up !
CatherineLSome people have reported crashes on startup related to sending crash logs or usage stats information. That issue might or might not have been fully fixed in a build a couple weeks ago. If it had been that issue, setting the environment variable above to 0 would have disabled sending of crash logs and usage stats information, even if you'd previously agreed to have crash logs or usage stats sent.
What is this variable for ?
My guess was that it might have been what Nicolas Heluani above was encountering, because it was fixed upon deleting the Documents\houdini16.5 directory, which would have contained any crash logs or usage stats to send, and would have removed the saved preference regarding whether to send them or not.
CatherineLThat's okay. You don't need to. Most people on Windows probably don't start Houdini from a command line. I only mentioned it because a command line shell would probably have a cached old set of environment variables, so a new shell would need to be started if you were using the command line.
I'm not starting houdini from a command line shell, because I don't know how to do it.
CatherineLIf it is because of lack of power, it'd most likely be the graphics card. The graphics card and driver need to at least support OpenGL 3.3. The CPU and OS need to be 64-bit. The system requirements page [www.sidefx.com] says that SSE4.2 is required, but that's currently only for certain OpenCL simulation stuff with the Intel OpenCL driver. That page also has more information about graphics drivers, and there's a supported graphics cards page [www.sidefx.com], which is non-exhaustive, but if you have one of those, it should be okay.
Do you think it could be my laptop ? Maybe it isn't powerful enough to launch houdini ?
Also note that Windows 8 and 10 have a tendency to uninstall drivers you've installed and reinstall other driver versions (newer or older), unless you jump through some hoops to prevent that, but that might not be a factor here.
Writing code for fun and profit since... 2005? Wow, I'm getting old.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_HFmdvpe9U2G3OMNViKMEQ [www.youtube.com]
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_HFmdvpe9U2G3OMNViKMEQ [www.youtube.com]
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Oh, another wild guess! Do you by any chance have “Nahimic” audio software installed? I think many MSI laptops have it installed by default, possibly others. A lot of people were hitting a crash on startup associated with it a few months ago, and the crash may be fixed by manually updating it or uninstalling it. Houdini doesn't actually use it, but it seems to somehow cause an issue with a UI library we use.
Writing code for fun and profit since... 2005? Wow, I'm getting old.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_HFmdvpe9U2G3OMNViKMEQ [www.youtube.com]
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_HFmdvpe9U2G3OMNViKMEQ [www.youtube.com]
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Thank you for the links !
I'm trying to compare my elements with what I need. Apparently it's the driver.
Yes.. I'm really tired of always reinstall drivers !
No Nahimic on my computer !
I'm trying to compare my elements with what I need. Apparently it's the driver.
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Also note that Windows 8 and 10 have a tendency to uninstall drivers you've installed and reinstall other driver versions (newer or older), unless you jump through some hoops to prevent that, but that might not be a factor here.
Yes.. I'm really tired of always reinstall drivers !
No Nahimic on my computer !
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