Re: Arnold keep "generating scene"

m3owfx · ‎03-17-2024

I downloaded correct arnold version and houdini 20.0.590. It constantly showing "generating scene" but nothing show up.
I tried different versions, they all don't work. I deleted other renderers, it still didn't work

am_wilkins · ‎03-18-2024

Does the "Houdini Console" show any errors?
Likely erroring on something behind the scenes...

amwilkins

m3owfx · ‎03-18-2024

But, I found it works in Solaris, in stage mode I don't know why... How to open Houdini console? It didn't automatically show up.

m3owfx · ‎03-18-2024

I don't know why arnold only works in stage now.. in obj level, it still shows generating scene

m3owfx · ‎03-18-2024

OK When I hit render, there is nothing in my houdini console, eventhough i turn on the log verbosity as "info" in "diagnostics"

djKAB9B · ‎09-04-2024

I am having the same issue. Works in Solaris but black in Render. Nothing in Console.

actor3d · ‎09-05-2024

Same issue on Mac OS - nothing in console output to suggest a problem.

Anyone from AUTODESK/ARNOLD team here ?????

@autodesk

sebastien.blaineau.ortegaHRM3U · ‎09-05-2024

Hi everyone, thanks for reporting this. We haven't managed to reproduce this issue so far.

Which HtoA version are you testing ? If you can try the latest HtoA 6.3.4.0, it's possible that the error logs could give more info.

Thanks

actor3d · ‎09-05-2024

it is using the latest HTOA. I will generate an output to share and also will compare to pc install

actor3d · ‎09-05-2024

do not have a pc to try but i wonder if its a Mac thing

actor3d · ‎09-05-2024

@sebastien.blaineau.ortegaHRM3U

00:00:00 83MB | log started Thu Sep 5 13:17:04 2024
00:00:00 83MB | Arnold 7.3.4.0 [5809b986] darwin arm64 clang-17.0.6 oiio-2.4.1 osl-1.13.0 vdb-11.0.0 adlsdk-8.0.7.50 clmhub-3.1.1.43 rlm-14.2.5 2024/08/27 16:39:40
00:00:00 83MB | running on 80a997330d31, pid=11953
00:00:00 83MB | 1 x Apple M3 Pro (12 cores, 12 logical) with 36864MB
00:00:00 83MB | Mac OS 14.6.1, Darwin kernel 23.6.0
00:00:00 83MB | soft limit for open files is set at 10238
00:00:00 83MB |
00:00:00 83MB | [hick] Received: log_max_warnings: 100
00:00:00 83MB | [hick] Received: delta_publisher_port: 65371
00:00:00 83MB | [hick] Received: threads: 0
00:00:00 83MB | [hick] Received: assfile: /tmp/houdini_temp/htoa_vturchin/11314_0edb5eda-5614-4dac-9c88-5827bb3c233b.ass
00:00:00 86MB | [metadata] loading metadata file: /tmp/houdini_temp/htoa_vturchin/11314_0edb5eda-5614-4dac-9c88-5827bb3c233b.ass
00:00:00 86MB | [ass] loading /tmp/houdini_temp/htoa_vturchin/11314_0edb5eda-5614-4dac-9c88-5827bb3c233b.ass ...
00:00:00 87MB | loading plugins from /Users/vturchin/htoa/htoa-6.3.4.0_r0d5c67f_houdini-20.5.332/htoa-6.3.4.0_r0d5c67f_houdini-20.5.332/arnold/drivers ...
00:00:00 136MB | driver_houdini.dylib: driver_houdini uses Arnold 7.3.4.0
00:00:00 136MB | loaded 1 plugins from 1 lib(s) in 0:00.06
00:00:00 137MB | [ass] read 912841 bytes, 8 nodes in 0:00.06
00:00:00 137MB |
00:00:00 137MB | authorizing with license manager: user ...
00:00:03 154MB | [user] authorized user "actor3d" in 0:02.80
00:00:03 154MB | [user] expiration date: 2025-09-05T00:00:00-04:00
00:00:03 154MB |
00:00:03 154MB | [hick] renderUpdateHandler: update_type[AI_RENDER_UPDATE_BEFORE_PASS] status[AI_RENDER_STATUS_RENDERING] output_to_display[AI_DISPLAY_OUTPUT_ALL]
00:00:03 154MB | [color_manager] using color manager /out/arnold1:color_manager of type "color_manager_ocio"
00:00:03 155MB | [color_manager_ocio] /out/arnold1:color_manager : using OCIO configuration file from the OCIO environment variable /Applications/Houdini/Houdini20.5.332/Frameworks/Houdini.framework/Versions/20.5/Resources/packages/ocio/houdini-config-v2.1.0_aces-v1.3_ocio-v2.3.ocio
00:00:03 156MB | [color_manager] unable to determine rendering color space chromaticities, assuming "sRGB"
00:00:03 198MB |
00:00:03 198MB | there are 0 lights and 2 objects:
00:00:03 198MB | 1 persp_camera
00:00:03 198MB | 2 utility
00:00:03 198MB | 1 imager_denoiser_oidn
00:00:03 198MB | 2 box_filter
00:00:03 198MB | 1 gaussian_filter
00:00:03 198MB | 1 closest_filter
00:00:03 198MB | 1 polymesh
00:00:03 198MB | 2 list_aggregate
00:00:03 198MB | 3 color_manager_ocio
00:00:03 198MB | 1 driver_houdini
00:00:03 198MB |
00:00:03 198MB | rendering image at 1280 x 720, -3 AA samples
00:00:03 198MB | AA samples max <disabled>
00:00:03 198MB | AA sample clamp <disabled>
00:00:03 198MB | diffuse samples 2 / depth 1
00:00:03 198MB | specular samples 2 / depth 1
00:00:03 198MB | transmission samples 2 / depth 8
00:00:03 198MB | volume indirect <disabled by depth>
00:00:03 198MB | total depth 10
00:00:03 198MB | bssrdf samples 2
00:00:03 198MB | light <using per light samples>
00:00:03 198MB | transparency depth 10
00:00:03 198MB | full scene initialize (12 nodes)
00:00:03 199MB | creating root object list ...
00:00:03 199MB | full scene initialize done in 0:00.00 (multithreaded)
00:00:03 199MB | full scene update (13 nodes)
00:00:03 203MB | [color_manager_ocio] ai_default_color_manager_ocio : using OCIO configuration file from the OCIO environment variable /Applications/Houdini/Houdini20.5.332/Frameworks/Houdini.framework/Versions/20.5/Resources/packages/ocio/houdini-config-v2.1.0_aces-v1.3_ocio-v2.3.ocio
00:00:03 204MB | [OIDN]: gpu device 'Apple M3 Pro' created
00:00:03 208MB | [OIDN] /mat/arnold_default_imager/oidn_denoiser: using 'Apple M3 Pro' for denoising
00:00:03 208MB | scene bounds: (-1.01214898 -0.26760602 -0.972831011) -> (1.01214898 1.38463593 0.847423017)
00:00:03 208MB | full scene update done in 0:00.01 (multithreaded)
00:00:03 208MB | [light_sampler] Group 0: Total number of lights 0, sampled lights 0, fixed lights 0
00:00:03 208MB | [light_sampler] Group 0: Took 0.000000 ms to build the tree
00:00:03 208MB | [aov] parsing 2 output statements ...
00:00:03 230MB | [aov] registered driver: "/out/arnold1:iprsocket" (driver_houdini)
00:00:03 230MB | [aov] * "RGBA" of type RGBA filtered by "/out/arnold1:gaussian_filter" (gaussian_filter)
00:00:03 230MB | [aov] * "ID" of type UINT filtered by "/out/arnold1:closest_filter:aov-1" (closest_filter)
00:00:03 230MB | [aov] done preparing 6 AOVs for 4 outputs to 1 driver (0 deep AOVs)
00:00:03 234MB | [imager] Overriding the fis_filter:fis_filter_width options with gaussian:2.000000 to improve quality for denoising with imager_denoiser_oidn
00:00:03 234MB | FIS set to gaussian with width 2
00:00:03 281MB |
00:00:03 281MB | releasing resources
00:00:03 257MB |
00:00:03 257MB | releasing resources
00:00:03 256MB | Arnold shutdown

actor3d · ‎09-05-2024

00:00:00 52MB | [hick] Lowered process priority to 19

00:00:00 52MB | [hick] Received: AA: -3 3

00:00:00 52MB | [hick] Received: interactive 2

00:00:00 52MB | [hick] Received: begin

00:00:00 52MB | [hick] Interactive mode

00:00:00 52MB | log started Thu Sep 5 19:29:01 2024

00:00:00 52MB | Arnold 7.3.4.0 [5809b986] darwin arm64 clang-17.0.6 oiio-2.4.1 osl-1.13.0 vdb-11.0.0 adlsdk-8.0.7.50 clmhub-3.1.1.43 rlm-14.2.5 2024/08/27 16:39:40

00:00:00 52MB | running on 80a997330d31, pid=55703

00:00:00 52MB | 1 x Apple M3 Pro (12 cores, 12 logical) with 36864MB

00:00:00 52MB | Mac OS 14.6.1, Darwin kernel 23.6.0

00:00:00 52MB | soft limit for open files is set at 10238

00:00:00 52MB |

00:00:00 52MB | Installing system handler with mask 255

00:00:00 63MB | [metadata] loading metadata file: /Users/vturchin/htoa/htoa-6.3.4.0_r0d5c67f_houdini-20.5.332/htoa-6.3.4.0_r0d5c67f_houdini-20.5.332/scripts/bin/arnold.mtd

00:00:00 64MB | loading plugins from /Users/vturchin/htoa/htoa-6.3.4.0_r0d5c67f_houdini-20.5.332/htoa-6.3.4.0_r0d5c67f_houdini-20.5.332/scripts/bin/../plugins ...

00:00:00 65MB | cryptomatte.dylib: cryptomatte uses Arnold 7.3.4.0

00:00:00 65MB | cryptomatte.dylib: cryptomatte_filter uses Arnold 7.3.4.0

00:00:00 65MB | cryptomatte.dylib: cryptomatte_manifest_driver uses Arnold 7.3.4.0

00:00:00 65MB | [metadata] loading metadata file: /Users/vturchin/htoa/htoa-6.3.4.0_r0d5c67f_houdini-20.5.332/htoa-6.3.4.0_r0d5c67f_houdini-20.5.332/scripts/bin/../plugins/cryptomatte.mtd

00:00:00 80MB | usd_proc.dylib: usd uses Arnold 7.3.4.0

00:00:00 80MB | [metadata] loading metadata file: /Users/vturchin/htoa/htoa-6.3.4.0_r0d5c67f_houdini-20.5.332/htoa-6.3.4.0_r0d5c67f_houdini-20.5.332/scripts/bin/../plugins/usd_proc.mtd

00:00:00 80MB | htoa_mandelbulb_proc.dylib: mandelbulb uses Arnold 7.3.4.0

00:00:00 80MB | [metadata] loading metadata file: /Users/vturchin/htoa/htoa-6.3.4.0_r0d5c67f_houdini-20.5.332/htoa-6.3.4.0_r0d5c67f_houdini-20.5.332/scripts/bin/../plugins/htoa_mandelbulb_proc.mtd

00:00:00 80MB | alembic_proc.dylib: alembic uses Arnold 7.3.4.0

00:00:00 81MB | [metadata] loading metadata file: /Users/vturchin/htoa/htoa-6.3.4.0_r0d5c67f_houdini-20.5.332/htoa-6.3.4.0_r0d5c67f_houdini-20.5.332/scripts/bin/../plugins/alembic_proc.mtd

00:00:00 81MB | loaded 6 plugins from 4 lib(s) in 0:00.04

00:00:00 82MB | [hick] Start

00:00:00 82MB | [hick] Received: log_verbosity: 8191

00:00:00 82MB | [hick] Received: log_console_enable: 1

00:00:00 82MB | [hick] Received: log_file:

00:00:00 82MB | [hick] Received: log_max_warnings: 5

00:00:00 82MB | [hick] Received: delta_publisher_port: 53295

00:00:00 83MB | [hick] Received: threads: 0

00:00:00 83MB | [hick] Received: assfile: /tmp/houdini_temp/htoa_vturchin/54785_41c2e5de-47d3-43ff-8d0c-d1fffb934238.ass

00:00:00 86MB | [metadata] loading metadata file: /tmp/houdini_temp/htoa_vturchin/54785_41c2e5de-47d3-43ff-8d0c-d1fffb934238.ass

00:00:00 86MB | [ass] loading /tmp/houdini_temp/htoa_vturchin/54785_41c2e5de-47d3-43ff-8d0c-d1fffb934238.ass ...

00:00:00 86MB | loading plugins from /Users/vturchin/htoa/htoa-6.3.4.0_r0d5c67f_houdini-20.5.332/htoa-6.3.4.0_r0d5c67f_houdini-20.5.332/arnold/drivers ...

00:00:00 136MB | driver_houdini.dylib: driver_houdini uses Arnold 7.3.4.0

00:00:00 136MB | loaded 1 plugins from 1 lib(s) in 0:00.07

00:00:00 136MB | [ass] read 8160 bytes, 9 nodes in 0:00.07

00:00:00 136MB |

00:00:00 136MB | authorizing with license manager: user ...

00:00:03 154MB | [user] authorized user "actor3d" in 0:02.85

00:00:03 154MB | [user] expiration date: 2025-09-05T00:00:00-04:00

00:00:03 154MB |

00:00:03 154MB | [hick] renderUpdateHandler: update_type[AI_RENDER_UPDATE_BEFORE_PASS] status[AI_RENDER_STATUS_RENDERING] output_to_display[AI_DISPLAY_OUTPUT_ALL]

00:00:03 154MB | [color_manager] using color manager /out/arnold1:color_manager of type "color_manager_ocio"

00:00:03 155MB | [color_manager_ocio] /out/arnold1:color_manager : using OCIO configuration file from the OCIO environment variable /Applications/Houdini/Houdini20.5.332/Frameworks/Houdini.framework/Versions/20.5/Resources/packages/ocio/houdini-config-v2.1.0_aces-v1.3_ocio-v2.3.ocio

00:00:03 155MB | [color_manager] unable to determine rendering color space chromaticities, assuming "sRGB"

00:00:03 195MB |

00:00:03 195MB | there are 1 light and 2 objects:

00:00:03 195MB | 1 persp_camera

00:00:03 195MB | 1 skydome_light

00:00:03 195MB | 2 utility

00:00:03 195MB | 1 imager_denoiser_oidn

00:00:03 195MB | 2 box_filter

00:00:03 195MB | 1 gaussian_filter

00:00:03 195MB | 1 closest_filter

00:00:03 195MB | 1 polymesh

00:00:03 195MB | 2 list_aggregate

00:00:03 195MB | 3 color_manager_ocio

00:00:03 195MB | 1 driver_houdini

00:00:03 195MB |

00:00:03 195MB | rendering image at 1280 x 720, -3 AA samples

00:00:03 195MB | AA samples max <disabled>

00:00:03 195MB | AA sample clamp <disabled>

00:00:03 195MB | diffuse samples 2 / depth 1

00:00:03 195MB | specular samples 2 / depth 1

00:00:03 195MB | transmission samples 2 / depth 8

00:00:03 195MB | volume indirect <disabled by depth>

00:00:03 195MB | total depth 10

00:00:03 195MB | bssrdf samples 2

00:00:03 195MB | light <using per light samples>

00:00:03 195MB | transparency depth 10

00:00:03 195MB | full scene initialize (13 nodes)

00:00:03 196MB | [hick] node_initialize

00:00:03 196MB | creating root object list ...

00:00:03 196MB | full scene initialize done in 0:00.00 (multithreaded)

00:00:03 196MB | full scene update (14 nodes)

00:00:03 196MB | [hick] node_update

00:00:03 196MB | /obj/arnold_skydome_light1: skydome_light using 1 sample, 2 volume samples

00:00:03 200MB | [color_manager_ocio] ai_default_color_manager_ocio : using OCIO configuration file from the OCIO environment variable /Applications/Houdini/Houdini20.5.332/Frameworks/Houdini.framework/Versions/20.5/Resources/packages/ocio/houdini-config-v2.1.0_aces-v1.3_ocio-v2.3.ocio

00:00:03 201MB | [OIDN]: Device Enum, Device 0 : Apple M3 Pro

00:00:03 201MB | [OIDN]: Device Enum, Device 1 : Apple M3 Pro

00:00:03 201MB | [OIDN]: gpu device 'Apple M3 Pro' created

00:00:03 205MB | [OIDN] /mat/arnold_default_imager/oidn_denoiser: using 'Apple M3 Pro' for denoising

00:00:03 205MB | scene bounds: (-0.5 -0.5 -0.5) -> (0.5 0.5 0.5)

00:00:03 205MB | full scene update done in 0:00.01 (multithreaded)

00:00:03 205MB | [light_sampler] Group 0: Total number of lights 1, sampled lights 0, fixed lights 1

00:00:03 205MB | [light_sampler] Group 0: Took 0.000000 ms to build the tree

00:00:03 205MB | [aov] parsing 2 output statements ...

00:00:03 228MB | [aov] registered driver: "/out/arnold1:iprsocket" (driver_houdini)

00:00:03 228MB | [aov] * "RGBA" of type RGBA filtered by "/out/arnold1:gaussian_filter" (gaussian_filter)

00:00:03 228MB | [aov] * "ID" of type UINT filtered by "/out/arnold1:closest_filter:aov-1" (closest_filter)

00:00:03 228MB | [aov] done preparing 6 AOVs for 4 outputs to 1 driver (0 deep AOVs)

00:00:03 232MB | [imager] Overriding the fis_filter:fis_filter_width options with gaussian:2.000000 to improve quality for denoising with imager_denoiser_oidn

00:00:03 232MB | FIS set to gaussian with width 2

00:00:03 276MB | [hick] driver_open: [-3 3]: -3 is_open 1

No licenses could be found to run this application.

Please check for a valid license server host

00:00:03 278MB |

00:00:03 278MB | releasing resources

00:00:03 278MB | [hick] node_finish

00:00:03 278MB |

00:00:03 278MB | releasing resources

00:00:03 278MB | unloading 5 plugins

00:00:03 278MB | closing cryptomatte.dylib ...

00:00:03 278MB | closing usd_proc.dylib ...

00:00:03 278MB | closing htoa_mandelbulb_proc.dylib ...

00:00:03 278MB | closing alembic_proc.dylib ...

00:00:03 278MB | closing driver_houdini.dylib ...

00:00:03 278MB | unloading plugins done

00:00:03 278MB | Arnold shutdown

00:00:03 278MB | Installing system handler with mask 0

Any ideas?

Stephen.Blair · ‎09-05-2024

@actor3d wrote:

00:00:03 276MB | [hick] driver_open: [-3 3]: -3 is_open 1

No licenses could be found to run this application.

Please check for a valid license server host

00:00:03 278MB |

00:00:03 278MB | releasing resources

Any ideas?

That's a Houdini license error message. You'll have to check your license. Google says that some people reinstall, and use hkey to check it.

https://www.sidefx.com/faq/question/render-error-no-licenses-could-be-found-to-run-this-application-...

// Stephen Blair
// Arnold Renderer Support

actor3d · ‎09-05-2024

License is fine I think . Mantra renders just fine and Arnold license and Houdini licenses are on when checked.

Arnold keep "generating scene"

Arnold keep "generating scene"

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