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Error: Unable to load HFS OpenCL platform

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asnowcappedromance
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Hi guys,

I'm trying to get opencl running for grain simulations in DOPs, however I'm always getting the typical “Unable to load HFS OpenCL platform.” error.

Using a GForce GTX1060 in my laptop on Windows 10.
Can somebody please point me towards how to fix this?
Thanks!

Here are my stats from when I click on ‘about’ in Houdini:

Houdini FX Version 16.0.557

Platform:                 windows-x86_64-cl19
Operating System:         Windows 10 Home x64
Qt Version:               5.6.1

Number of Cores:          8
Physical Memory:          15.94 GB
Number of Screens:        1
    Screen 0:             1920 x 1080 at 0,0
    Work Area 0:          1920 x 1050 at 0,0

OpenGL Vendor:            NVIDIA Corporation
OpenGL Renderer:          GeForce GTX 1060/PCIe/SSE2
OpenGL Version:           4.5.0 NVIDIA 385.41
OpenGL Shading Language:  4.50 NVIDIA
Detected:                 NVidia Consumer
                          6144 MB
                          385.41.0.0

Supported Extensions not in OpenGL 3.3 (Version):
    EXT_extensions_string                  
    GL_ARB_base_instance                    (4.2)
    GL_ARB_bindless_texture                
    GL_ARB_bindless_texture                
    GL_ARB_buffer_storage                   (4.4)
    GL_ARB_compatibility                   
    GL_ARB_compute_shader                   (4.3)
    GL_ARB_debug_output                    
    GL_ARB_gpu_shader5                      (4.0)
    GL_ARB_gpu_shader_fp64                  (4.0)
    GL_ARB_multi_bind                       (4.4)
    GL_ARB_program_interface_query          (4.3)
    GL_ARB_robustness                      
    GL_ARB_sample_shading                   (4.0)
    GL_ARB_separate_shader_objects          (4.1)
    GL_ARB_shader_image_load_store          (4.2)
    GL_ARB_shader_storage_buffer_object     (4.3)
    GL_ARB_shading_language_packing         (4.2)
    GL_ARB_tessellation_shader              (4.0)
    GL_ARB_texture_buffer_object_rgb32      (4.0)
    GL_ARB_transform_feedback3              (4.0)
    GL_ARB_vertex_attrib_64bit              (4.1)
    GL_EXT_abgr                            
    GL_EXT_blend_minmax                    
    GL_EXT_direct_state_access             
    GL_EXT_texture_filter_anisotropic      
    GL_KHR_debug                            (4.3)
    GL_NVX_gpu_memory_info                 
    GL_NV_gpu_shader5                      
    WGL_EXT_swap_control                   

Unsupported OpenGL Extensions used by Houdini:
    GL_ATI_meminfo                         
 
OpenGL Limits:
   ELEMENTS_VERTICES                        1048576
   ELEMENTS_INDICES                         1048576
   VERTEX_UNITS                             32
   TESS_CONTROL_TEXTURE_IMAGE_UNITS         32
   TESS_EVALUATION_TEXTURE_IMAGE_UNITS      32
   GEOMETRY_UNITS                           32
   FRAGMENT_IMAGE_UNITS                     32
   COMBINED_UNITS                           192
   TEXTURE_SIZE                             32768
   3D_TEXTURE_SIZE                          16384
   CUBE_MAP_TEXTURE_SIZE                    32768
   RECTANGLE_TEXTURE_SIZE                   32768
   TEXTURE_ARRAY_LAYERS                     2048
   MAX_COLOR_TEXTURE_SAMPLES                32
   MAX_DEPTH_TEXTURE_SAMPLES                32
   FBO_ATTACHMENTS                          8
   DRAW_BUFFERS                             8
   VIEWPORT_DIMS                            32768x32768
   VERTEX_UNIFORMS                          4096
   FRAGMENT_UNIFORMS                        4096
   VERTEX_ATTRIBS                           16
   VERTEX_OUTPUT_COMPONENTS                 128
   MAX_CLIP_DISTANCES                       8
   PATCH_VERTICES                           32
   TESS_GEN_LEVEL                           64
   TESS_PATCH_COMPONENTS                    120
   TESS_CONTROL_OUTPUT_COMPONENTS           128
   TESS_CONTROL_TOTAL_OUTPUT_COMPONENTS     4216
   TESS_EVALUATION_OUTPUT_COMPONENTS        128
   GEOMETRY_UNIFORM_COMPONENTS              2048
   GEOMETRY_INPUT_COMPONENTS                128
   GEOMETRY_OUTPUT_COMPONENTS               128
   GEOMETRY_TOTAL_OUTPUT_COMPONENTS         1024
   GEOMETRY_OUTPUT_VERTICES                 1024
   UNIFORM_BLOCKS                           84
   UNIFORM_BLOCK_SIZE                       65536
   UNIFORM_BUFFER_BINDINGS                  84
   COMBINED_VERT_UNIFORM_BLOCKS             14
   COMBINED_VERT_UNIFORM_COMPS              233472
   TESS_CONTROL_UNIFORM_BLOCKS              14
   TESS_CONTROL_UNIFORM_COMPONENTS          2048
   TESS_EVALUATION_UNIFORM_BLOCKS           14
   TESS_EVALUATION_UNIFORM_COMPONENTS       2048
   COMBINED_GEO_UNIFORM_BLOCKS              14
   COMBINED_GEO_UNIFORM_COMPS               231424
   COMBINED_FRAG_UNIFORM_BLOCKS             14
   COMBINED_FRAG_UNIFORM_COMPS              233472
   MAX_FRAGMENT_STORAGE_BLOCKS              16
   MAX_STORAGE_BLOCK_BINDINGS               96
   TRANSFORM_FEEDBACK_INT_COMPS             128
   TRANSFORM_FEEDBACK_SEP_COMPS             4
   TRANSFORM_FEEDBACK_SEP_ATTRIBS           4
   LINE_WIDTH_RANGE                         0.5 - 10
   LINE_WIDTH_GRANULARITY                   0.125
   POINT_SIZE_RANGE                         1 - 189.875
   POINT_SIZE_GRANULARITY                   0.125

OpenCL Platform           NVIDIA CUDA
Platform Vendor           NVIDIA Corporation
Platform Version          OpenCL 1.2 CUDA 9.0.163
OpenCL Device             GeForce GTX 1060
OpenCL Type               GPU
Device Version            OpenCL 1.2 CUDA
Frequency                 1670 MHz
Compute Units             10
Device Address Bits       64
Global Memory             6144 MB
Max Allocation            1536 MB
Global Cache              160 KB
Max Constant Args         9
Max Constant Size         64 KB
Local Mem Size            48 KB
2D Image Support          16384x32768
3D Image Support          16384x16384x16384

OpenCL Platform Extensions:
   cl_khr_global_int32_base_atomics
   cl_khr_global_int32_extended_atomics
   cl_khr_local_int32_base_atomics
   cl_khr_local_int32_extended_atomics
   cl_khr_fp64
   cl_khr_byte_addressable_store
   cl_khr_icd
   cl_khr_gl_sharing
   cl_nv_compiler_options
   cl_nv_device_attribute_query
   cl_nv_pragma_unroll
   cl_nv_d3d10_sharing
   cl_khr_d3d10_sharing
   cl_nv_d3d11_sharing
   cl_nv_copy_opts
   cl_nv_create_buffer

OpenCL Device Extensions:
   cl_khr_global_int32_base_atomics
   cl_khr_global_int32_extended_atomics
   cl_khr_local_int32_base_atomics
   cl_khr_local_int32_extended_atomics
   cl_khr_fp64
   cl_khr_byte_addressable_store
   cl_khr_icd
   cl_khr_gl_sharing
   cl_nv_compiler_options
   cl_nv_device_attribute_query
   cl_nv_pragma_unroll
   cl_nv_d3d10_sharing
   cl_khr_d3d10_sharing
   cl_nv_d3d11_sharing
   cl_nv_copy_opts
   cl_nv_create_buffer
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That graphics driver version does that - 385 will fail OpenCL at all times, the 382 branch works the first time then fails but the 375, 378 or 37-something should work. You can also use OpenCL CPU instead, so set the environment to:

HOUDINI_OCL_DEVICETYPE=CPU
Edited by anon_user_37409885 - Sept. 17, 2017 00:22:34
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Thanks for the answer, I'm going to install an older driver and see if that works!
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asnowcappedromance
Thanks for the answer, I'm going to install an older driver and see if that works!
Have you found a solution? I'm having the same problem.
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Marco_M
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I'm having the same problem with a GTX 1060 on a laptop on windows 10. Anyone knows?
Support?
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Newmanfx
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Has anyone found a solution to this issue? I have the same experience - GTX1060, Alienware laptop.
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dreamagery2
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Has this been resolved. I am having this issue on my dell precision 7720 workstation. This is the first statement that pops up in Houdini:

Unable to load HFS OpenCL platform.

It looks like HOudini is having a hard time choosing which video card to utilize. And this is from quick research online.
Greg
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Try to add this environment variable to your 'houdini.env' file:
HOUDINI_USE_HFS_OCL=0
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WillA
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zoeyyyyyyyy2018
Try to add this environment variable to your 'houdini.env' file:
HOUDINI_USE_HFS_OCL=0

thank you @zoeyyyyyyyy2018

this fixed my issue with opencl

I can now use the RBD sop toolset
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