Dave K

Hey all,

I'm creating a OTL in which I want to copy and delete objects contained inside with a slider control on the digital asset user interface.

I have a callback script with a couple of do while statements that is working fine, except:

When the script pastes a new object inside the digital asset the parameters pane immediately plunges down a level whisking away the HDA interface until the user manually climbs back up to the HDA root.

This behavior only occurs on the paste operation. The delete side politely removes objects to match the requested number.

To fix this i tried:

Setting a variable containing the original path at the beginning of the script and using this path in the pane command to restore the pane at the end of the script.

pane -H $origpath panetab1

This works fine when I tested it in the textport but seems to be ineffective when included in the script, as the problem seems to be that the pasted objects are added after the entire script has run eliminating the chance of controlling the pane with the script.


attached is a zip with the OTL and callback script

HDA is named DK_HDA_Script_test

Vista 64
HD edition 9.5 build 169

Any pointers would be appreciated
Dave

I've been having the same problem.

In Vista 64

When I open Houdini the first time the help browser is verrrrrrry sloooow to open and Houdini is immobilized until the browser has loaded.

I can completely corrupt the browser load by clicking Houdini on the tool bar before the browser load is complete.

This will in turn cause Houdini to stall.

Once I have this misbehavior the only reliable way to get Houdini to open again is after a full system restart.

I have tried
1. Closing firefox as others have suggested = no change
2. Disabling Clam Win Antivirus = no change
3. Killing off explorer with the task manager and then re-running this from the applications/new task button in the task manager. = sometimes this works.

Is it possible to set the preferences so that the help browser does not load on start up? I seem to recall seeing this somewhere, but I have browsed the 123.cmd file and preferences menu and didn't detect this.

any help or ideas would be appreciated
Thanks
Dave

I’m running Houdini 8 on XP x64 with an Athlon 4200+ and 2 gig ram. I am having no problems.

I had both a 32 bit install and 64 bit install but abandoned the 32 bit partition, as all programs responded much more quickly when run under the 64 bit OS. Render times are about the same but the over all responsiveness of the system is much better with x64.

Hope this helps

Dave