Hello,

I saw a post from here where you can extract the .hip file, since its basically a .cpio file that can be extracted.
https://forums.odforce.net/topic/27410-solutions-for-a-corrupted-hip-file/ [forums.odforce.net]

I was able to expand it, but when I try to collapse it, I cannot open it in Houdini.

What should I be doing to collapse the folder back into a .hip file?

Thanks!