Stephen Callahan

So I finished upgrading my old laptop to Win10 version 1709 and to my amazement, there are no errors when running Houdini. So now it's time to ponder what in blazes could be different about the high-powered, 10-core monster I'm trying to run it on at home? Any users have a clue what could be going on? It's obvious that it's an OS related thing and not Houdini at this point. I remember running “sfx /scannow” and the appropriate DISM commands to see if anything obvious was broken. I'm ready to buy an Indie license but not until I can get it to work on my home system. If I understand correctly I can't keep moving the license from my home system to my laptop (which I bring over the GF's house on the weekends) constantly, right?

Thanks for any help,
Steve

I wonder if in the upgrade Microsoft did something to the way they handle paths? Perhaps it has something to do with the “/” and “\” slashes? Something maybe the user can set in a config file somewhere to fix? It's quite annoying.

Steve

EDIT 11/5/2017:
I am going to try and reproduce the error. I'm currently running the upgrade download for Fall Creators Update on my laptop's Win10 partition. Apprentice is working fine with Win 10 version 1703. We'll see how it goes. I'll be back…

Hi Folks,

Was evaluating the Apprentice version and all was working fine. Just upgraded Win10 to the latest 1709 Fall Creators build and this old error is coming up again. I was just about to upgrade to Indie but would like to figure this out first.

Invalid detail specified
Invalid detail specified
mantra: Can't find geometry /obj/grid_object1/grid1
mantra: Can't find geometry /obj/sphere_object1/sphere1

There are no spaces anywhere in paths or filenames. Just made a simple project (and set the project) and added a grid and a sphere. Anyone got an idea what's causing this? I even went and made sure all the permissions are set to “Full control” across the board on the Houdini install and project directories/files.

Thanks for any help,
Steve.
EDIT 11/5/2017: Clarification: The system mentioned here is a 10-core system, bells and whistles.