Peter Burch

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This is Unbelievable.

Good luck to all that try it.

So far this has only happened while running Houdini apprentice ver. 6.1.208.

My system: k2m2 combo board, athlon 1.8 xp, 512m ddr, pny g-force fx with 2 compaq cv735 monitors and a microsoft usb intellimouse, XP PRO.

So far this has happened 5 times, each time I have had other things running also, IE internet explorer or WMP9 (watching tutorials).

The only way I could get control of the mouse when it locked up was to unplug it and plug it back in.
I am not sure if this related to houdini or not but thought I would post a notification.

Checking my system and may reinstall OS.
Thanks.

The path object just does not work in this instance, when you parent the controles you get uncontroled chaos.
To tell the truth the idea I had needed more work but it does work.

These files were created in version 6.1.208.
The first was created after I saw the trailer for “Hellboy.”
http://www.mygraph.net/houdini/files/tentacle.hipnc [mygraph.net]

The second is a revamped version that uses controls on object space.
If you were to create a controll object for the curve it would be a little more eligant.
http://www.mygraph.net/houdini/files/tentacle_redux.hipnc [mygraph.net]

Hope these files help. The second was done quickly and shows it.