User String Attributes Called inside Materials

[daeschri]

Tested with

Windows 10

Nightly Builds from Jan 27th and Feb 7th

Houdini 18.5.563 & Houdini 19.0.455



I'm not sure if this is expected behavior or a bug. My understanding has been if a user attribute is called in a material then we didn't have to force the attribute under shading in the object properties.

Does this apply to user string attributes too?


Right now I have a user string attribute called texturePath on the my geo that points to a path on disk to my texture. In the shader I call the string attribute <texturePath>






The texture will not render unless I force it.










Just wondering if this is a bug or intended behavior.



Thanks,
David

[bdancer]

> Does this apply to user string attributes too?

Currently, no. You'll have to force it.

[bdancer]

Will be forced automatically in the next nightly build.

[daeschri]

Thank You!