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How do I turn on “Use LOD Groups” with the Indie version of Houdini-Engine for Unity?

Since there's no GUI I can't access the ASSET OPTIONS that are references in the documentation

http://www.sidefx.com/docs/unity/_meshes.html [www.sidefx.com]
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How do I turn on “Use LOD Groups” with the Indie version of Houdini-Engine for Unity?

Since there's no GUI I can't access the ASSET OPTIONS that are references in the documentation

http://www.sidefx.com/docs/unity/_meshes.html [www.sidefx.com]
You should have a GUI that looks like this in Indie. I use Indie at home and I get a GUI, unless your referring to something else? LOD Groups were added to Houdini Engine after 16.5.477. I hope this helps!

Glen
Edited by aig_vr - June 4, 2018 08:53:48

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Note that by default UseLODGroups is true so you don't need to do anything to turn it on.
Now if you want to manipulate it, without a GUI, you can still access the LOD group setting via the UseLODGroup property on the HEU_HoudiniAsset class.

asset.UseLODGroups = true;
asset.RequestCook(false, false, true, true);

Take a look at HoudiniEngineUnity/Scripts/Examples/HEU_ScriptParameterExample.cs to see how to get the HEU_HoudiniAsset from the root asset's gameobject, set parameters, and request a cook.
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I'm on linux, might this be the problem? Just updated to the latest Unity build, and still I can't see the interface @aig_vr posted. I've attached a print of what I see.

This is my installation info:
Required Houdini Version: 16.5.485
Required Houdini Engine Version: 3.1.13

Installed Houdini Version: 16.5.485
Installed Houdini Engine Version: 3.1.13

Houdini Binaries Path: /opt/hfs16.5.485/dsolib/libHARC.so

Houdini RPC Server Executable: /opt/hfs16.5.485/bin/HARS
Houdini RPC Server Process ID: 19743
Houdini RPC Client Module: /opt/hfs16.5.485/dsolib/libHARC.so
Houdini RPC Pipe Name:

License Type Acquired: None

PATH Variable:
/opt/hfs16.5.485/bin:

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Yes that would be the problem. The new plugin (and UI) hasn't been released for the Linux builds yet. Should be coming shortly.
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Cool, looking forward!
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Plugin now available on Linux as of Houdini version 16.5.498. See installation instructions: https://www.sidefx.com/docs/unity/_getting_started.html#GettingStarted_Install_Folder [www.sidefx.com]
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