DrStrik9

Sorry if this has been addressed in another thread.

I'm considering trying Indie, but I'm put off by the lack of documentation in . So I have a few questions:

(1) Why no pdf?

(2) Does the in-app doc system work as well as a normal “manual” (as in pdf)?

(3) Is there a decent (searchable) way to read docs (as in pdf), and study Houdini Indie prior to purchase?

Thanks.

If getting an Apprentice License isn't working for you:

In another thread I learned that what I had to do (once the license generator was back up and running) was to un-install Houdini, and re-run the installer, being careful to choose the Apprentice license during the installation process. Once I did this (and the license generator was back up and running) everything worked smoothly, as one would expect.

Hope this works for you also.

OK, that was it! Thank you. I doubt I would have ever thought of running the installer again.

I also learned that the license generator was down for maintenance last night. So I apparently had two things working against me.

I didn't notice the option during installation to choose a different license, since the default was made for me, which was apparently NOT the Apprentice version. It might be good, since I would guess most people enter the Houdini world these days via the Apprentice version, to change the install default. It isn't all that often you run an installer, so it's not like it's an everyday event. Who knows … if the license generator had been up and running, it might have told me of my need to choose a different license during installation (?).

But then again, I wouldn't have had that little character-building opportunity last night, banging my head against it. LOL