Stephen Edwards

I'm probably missing something really obvious here, but I can't figure out how to export a USD sequence to use with Deadline? I'd rather not use the Deadline plugin - I just want to export and then have Deadline manage the frames.

I know it isn't the preferred way but Solaris is just overkill for me, so I'm using the Karma node in the OUT context.

I was able to generate a USD file but it's just one and it only renders a single frame?

I did submit to Hqueue and it works... but I noticed it produces a USD folder per frame.

TL/DR anyone export a USD sequence and render it through Deadline? If so, what's the process?

Apologies if this is something really really basic and I'm just not seeing it!

Darn, nope - no plugins installed.

SideFX is recommending I reinstall my OS :/

Yesterday Houdini was running just fine as usual!

Then this morning, it stopped opening. I can launch it from the Launcher (aptly named). I get the splash screen and it seems to load but then an empty Houdini Console pops up and everything just freezes.

I don't understand why it was working just fine yesterday?

Pulled the crash log and there's a line just below the time stamp that says "Caught signal 11."
The rest of it just looks like usual stuff?

Earlier today I could uninstall and reinstall and get it to run once. That's not working now either.
I've tried a few different production builds of 20.5 and get the same results. Even tried a version of 20 with no luck.

Maybe there's something useful in there above my pay grade?

Any advice appreciated, thank you!