HI Guys, i have a tops setup.. and i am trying to figure out, how, when cooking the node, i can disable my packages, therefore, dramatically reducing the startup time of the pdg tasks.

In the scheduler, i can add an env variable and i set HOUDINI_PACKAGE_SKIP = 1, but the packages still get loaded. I also tried by adding an environmentedit node, and setting the same variable there, but again, the packages get loaded.

It seems that should be something thats possible to set the environment for the tasks. The only workaround i found is to literally remove all the package json's from the folder.. then it worked as desired.

Any idea on how to get it working via the environment variable ?. I dont want to set it prior to starting houdini, as i need the packages when working, but some of the top tasks, they really dont need it.

Should work if you set HOUDINI_PACKAGE_SKIP in the scheduler