Marc-André Belzile

Elliot Stronge
The custom file path option for saving recipes seems absolutely broken. I tried saving a recipe to a network location (i.e. "//something/goes/here/recipe.hda") and for some scuffed reason it appended "C:\User\username" to the front. When I try manually type the location I cannot delete the "C:\" part without it automatically refilling "C:\User\username" again so I can never fully clear the field. What on earth is up with that? Such incredibly frustrating design.

What is the intended design here? I just want to save a recipe to a common location (i.e. with HOUDINI_PATH or HOUDINI_OTLSCAN_PATH) so other artists can use them.

This is an obvious bug, the fix should be available in the next production build.

Refer to the auto_start argument in `hou.ViewerStateTemplate.bindXXXSelector` API

Thomas M
Hi everyone,

I’m trying to load my Houdini recipes from a custom Google Drive folder, but I can’t tell if Houdini is recognizing the setup. The Mops.json file in the packages folder is working fine; it’s just this custom directory that’s giving me trouble.

Here’s what I’m using:

json
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{
"HOUDINI_PATH": "j:/My Drive/Houdini_Recipes",
"env": [
{"HOUDINI_CUSTOM_RECIPE_DIR": "j:/My Drive/Houdini_Recipes"},
{"HOUDINI_CUSTOM_RECIPE_LIBRARY": "myrecipe"}
]
}
I’ve tried adjusting to forward slashes, but still no luck. Does anyone know if HOUDINI_CUSTOM_RECIPE_DIR is valid for loading recipes, or have advice on getting custom paths to work?

Thanks!

What is the issue exactly ?

j:/My Drive/Houdini_Recipes/otls/myrecipe.hda should be listed in the Recipe Manager unless the package is not loading for some reason.

Does j:/My Drive/Houdini_Recipes/otls/myrecipe.hda exist on disk ?