19.5 eta?

[Dubbie99]

Title says it all....

[bdancer]

Should be there next week.

[bdancer]

A bit of a delay sorry; will try to make it next week.

[Dubbie99]

Thanks for the update.

[elrachyd]

Hi
Runnig houdini 19.5.303 python37 and vray_adv_52024_houdini19.5.303_d431cce_22122

I'm getting this error:
(0)Couldn't load C:/Vray/vhf_home/dso_py3/vray-for_houdini.dll
The specified module could not ve found

The vray_for_houdini_py3.json file point to python37, but there is no python37.lib in vfh_home!
only python2.7libs and python3.9libs
also the variable:
{ "PYTHONPATH" : [
{ "method": "append", "houdini_version < '19.0'": "${VRAY_APPSDK}/python37" },

should be
{ "PYTHONPATH" : [
{ "method": "append", "houdini_version < '19.5'": "${VRAY_APPSDK}/python37" },

Hope you can fixe this issue!

[tsvetomira.girginova]

Dear elrachyd, hello.

I just tested both installers (.exe & .zip) and everything is working correctly.
Could you try the .exe or locate the folder not directly in C: ?
Is this the way that you have installed V-Ray for Houdini before?
I am asking, because if could be permissions related.

Waiting for your answer.

Best regards,
TS

[elrachyd]

Hi
I always installed V-Ray for Houdini in "C:/Vray" and I've never seen this problem before
maybe you are using houdini 19.5.303 python3.9 and not 19.5.303 python3.7
Note:
Changing the location from C;/Vray to D;/Vray same error:
(0)Couldn't load C:/Vray/vhf_home/dso_py3/vray-for_houdini.dll
The specified module could not ve found
like I sad there is no python37.lib in vfh_home!
only python2.7libs and python3.9libs

[elrachyd]

and here is the error when starting Houdini with Vray only no others json files:
Error running Python dynamic menu strip script:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 6, in expression
File "C:/Vray/vfh_home/scripts/python\vfh\vfh_rop.py", line 145, in vray_rops_as_xml_menu_items
VRAY_ROPS = TYPE_VRAY_ROP.instances()
AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'instances'

edit: looking into C:\Vray\vfh_home\soho
no python3.7
Only python2.7 and python3.9

[bdancer]

19.5 builds are still work in progress, we'll make some announcement once they are ready for testing.
And curios what's the reason for using 3.7 builds instead of default 3.9... scripts compatibility issues?

[elrachyd]

19.5 builds are still work in progress, we'll make some announcement once they are ready for testing.
And curios what's the reason for using 3.7 builds instead of default 3.9... scripts compatibility issues?

because I'm also using Arnold py3.7

[Dubbie99]

We are using 3.7 here.
There was some reason why we didn't go past 3.7. I forget what it is right now, but it broke a bunch of stuff, so we decided to leave that fight for a different day.

[bdancer]

Ok, we'll add 3.7 builds, but this may take some time...

[daviddeacon]

Hi,

Sorry to be a pain, please don't forget about the macOS builds, but we don't need 3.7 version if that helps...

Thanks,
David.

[elrachyd]

Yes, you have also to correct the files inside the package folder (vray_for_houdini_py3.json ...etc), this file point to python37 should be python39 !

[bentway23]

Sorry to be daft--where can one find the 19.5 builds? In https://nightlies.chaos.com/ I'm not finding anything other than the stable builds going through H19. The "latest builds" folders don't seem to have anything, and there's no dedicated Houdini nightly folder.