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Houdini on windows 7

Hello, Anyone out there who is using Houdini on Windows 7 (32 – bit Operating System)

hell im not able to install on Windows 7 :x :x :x :x :x :x :x
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Hi there,


I'm in the same boat, though with Win 7 64 bit. I've posted a request for help and emailed support - nothing as yet. Houdini starts the install process: progress bar gets to around 25%, but then just cuts out - extremely infuriating.

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No problems here on 64bit Win7. I've run 10.0.430 and 10.0.465.
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64-bit win7 here and all is good.
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32-bit Win 7 at home (with Nvidia GTX 8800)… works fine – much better than 32-bit vista! I can finally run fluid-sims at home again!
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There is no official fix for this,
plz let me know how to tackle with gfont error
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So pathetic………….. no fix for Houdini on Windows 7…………………. Hell what is gfont.exe…. why Houdini stops installation on particular position…………. Feel to through my laptop, sadly I can’t.. just about to finish emi. :x :x :x :x :x :x :x :x :x :x :x :x :x :x :x :x :x :x :x :x :x :x :x :x :x :x
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What builds have you tried? System specs?

I've installed build 374, 430, and 473 on 32-bit 7, and they work just fine. I haven't seen anything involving gfont.exe.
I'm o.d.d.
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Hell what is gfont.exe

If you searched for “gfont” in this forum, you might have found this thread:
http://www.sidefx.com/index.php?option=com_forum&Itemid=172&page=viewtopic&t=11037 [sidefx.com]

I'd try what rafal said in that thread:
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One possibility is that the installer encountered a bad truetype font.
Unfortunately, this happens from time to time due to the inherent nature of the
truetype font format. This installation step isn't necessary if you do not need
to use truetype fonts in Houdini and it can be rerun later if needed. So on
your system, first try to get Houdini installed without this step. Just kill
gfont.exe from the Task Manager.

Once Houdini is installed, we can debug the issue as follows:
1. Launch Command Line Tools from the Start Menu under
Side Effects Software > Houdini X.X.XXX.
2. Run this command: gfont -Sv This will generate verbose processing.
If the program stalls at any given point in time for longer than a minute, then
that is probably a bad font. If you send us that font file, then we can try to
fix gfont so that it can handle it.
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Just loaded 10 into my new system: Windows 7 64bit. 8 gig of RAM Rendering is so fast now. Particle sims and voxels are now super.
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Windows 7 64 bit and no problems.
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I tried this but when ever I start Houdini it just don’t show any UI or not even in taskbar ha but shows in the services



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Hell what is gfont.exe

If you searched for “gfont” in this forum, you might have found this thread:
http://www.sidefx.com/index.php?option=com_forum&Itemid=172&page=viewtopic&t=11037 [sidefx.com]

I'd try what rafal said in that thread:
rafal
One possibility is that the installer encountered a bad truetype font.
Unfortunately, this happens from time to time due to the inherent nature of the
truetype font format. This installation step isn't necessary if you do not need
to use truetype fonts in Houdini and it can be rerun later if needed. So on
your system, first try to get Houdini installed without this step. Just kill
gfont.exe from the Task Manager.

Once Houdini is installed, we can debug the issue as follows:
1. Launch Command Line Tools from the Start Menu under
Side Effects Software > Houdini X.X.XXX.
2. Run this command: gfont -Sv This will generate verbose processing.
If the program stalls at any given point in time for longer than a minute, then
that is probably a bad font. If you send us that font file, then we can try to
fix gfont so that it can handle it.
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The lastest version of Catalyst display driver (9.4) just do the trick !
Worked for me on a laptop using mobility radeon HD3470. Everything’s just fine, Blender too !

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No problems with win7.x64, even with camtasia capturing, which was impossible at any xp.
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The lastest version of Catalyst display driver (9.4) just do the trick !
Worked for me on a laptop using mobility radeon HD3470. Everything’s just fine, Blender too!

Had similar issue with my new 5770, just installed the new drivers and now Silo, Houdini work perfectly.
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no problems here either, I have a beta of win 7 64 bit
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