when i launch houdini after few seconds of its launch it keep crash it says “houdini has stopped working”
i contacted side fx support and they didnt found a solution for me, i want to know if somebody else have this problem, this happen to me on houdini 17.5 and 18 i tried daily builds and none of them worked correctly for me




please moderators dont delete this topic i already contacted sidefx support and they didnt found a solution.

Moin,

I am not quite clear what you expect from users who may or may not encounter Houdini crashing “a few seconds of its launch”. Even if you find someone who experienced that - if SideFX couldn't find a cure for the problem it is unlikely that being two users with that issue changes anything about it.

You might want to give a bit more information about your system - from the info you give above, I assume you are running Mac OS 7 with 32MB RAM and a Floppy Disk Drive. It is possible that your Finder has a defective resource file and a simple clean up of all resource files on your “desktop” will fix the issue.

Now, joking aside: There are SO MANY things you can do in order to circle in on the cause of the problem, most of which really depend on what system you are running. Starting from a different user account, running library access snoopers, having a look into your syslog/notification log, cleaning up settings, checking graphic driver hickups and and and.
I am not saying that Houdini 18 is the most stable release ever (I am experiencing random crashes at completely different places than before), but if your installation “crashes reliably”, chances are that you CAN find the AREA of cause for that. It's unlikely, that sideFX can - without having direct access to your system and the resources to debug your system.


Marc

my pc spec : i7 7700hq gtx1060 6gb vram and 16gb ram

OK, I give up. Good luck.

You probably save time by switching to another operating system or machine then.

what programs do you have running in background like antivirus etc. what is the OS? is it up to date? have you tried starting your PC in safe mode and then run Houdini? if it is antivirus, then disable it and try starting Houdini. just some simple things to aid in troubleshooting. if H17.5 and 18 crash just after start then it sounds like it could be a video card driver.

beyond that I cannot help

I found that turning of the NahimicServic fixed my crash issues .

absorbentghost
I found that turning of the NahimicServic fixed my crash issues .

Awesome! Tried this way and it worked!

Thanks, This worked for me too.
Opened Houdini firts time ever and i was welcomed with a crash as soon as I moved the window, Several times.

Disabling NahimicService also worked for my machine:

Dell Alienware M15 - GeForce RTX 2070 Max-Q


THANK YOU, this was driving me insane!

absorbentghost
I found that turning of the NahimicServic fixed my crash issues .

Wow how did you found this?

Thanks a lot, I got a new pc yesterday and i got the same crashes as described here and was really worried. Finally i found ur solution here, thanks again