The Cursed HtoA "generating Scene" problem

[aaltug]

I am currently trying to evaluate HtoA, but can't; thanx to the accursed situation of Arnold getting stuck spewing out a "generating scene" message.

What's worse than the incident itself is the fact that there are tons upon tons of posts of people suffering from the same problem and that none of the so-called "experts" on the forum were ever even able to present anyone with a viable solution so that subsequent users could read and benefit from them. Every post thread ends dead... Don't take my word for it, go check it out.

I am on the lookout to buy several licenses for a render engine, and imagine how I feel after such an "unsolved", "mystical" occurrence that comes up during evaluation, keeping you from evaluating the damned product itself at all.

Here's my log file from the Arnold ROP, for I'm sure some dude will show up here asking for it (sheesh)

00:00:00 125MB | log started Thu Sep 5 23:55:05 2024
00:00:00 125MB | Arnold 7.3.4.0 [5809b986] windows x86_64 clang-15.0.7 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 optix-8.0.0 2024/08/27 16:47:33
00:00:00 125MB | running on ERASMUS, pid=16288
00:00:00 125MB | 1 x AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 8-Core Processor (8 cores, 16 logical) with 32695MB
00:00:00 125MB | NVIDIA driver version 560.81
00:00:00 125MB | GPU 0: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 @ 2550MHz (compute 8.9) with 12281MB (9654MB available) (NVLink:0)
00:00:00 125MB | Windows 10 (version 10.0, build 22631)
00:00:00 125MB | soft limit for open files is set at 2048
00:00:00 125MB |
00:00:00 125MB | [hick] Received: log_max_warnings: 8000
00:00:00 125MB | [hick] Received: delta_publisher_port: 3192
00:00:00 125MB | [hick] Received: threads: 0
00:00:00 125MB | [hick] Received: assfile: c:\users\admini~1\appdata\local\temp\houdini_temp\htoa_Administrator\13076_16524d66-2aa5-4249-837d-c17ff733100e.ass
00:00:00 126MB | [metadata] loading metadata file: c:\users\admini~1\appdata\local\temp\houdini_temp\htoa_Administrator\13076_16524d66-2aa5-4249-837d-c17ff733100e.ass
00:00:00 127MB | [ass] loading c:\users\admini~1\appdata\local\temp\houdini_temp\htoa_Administrator\13076_16524d66-2aa5-4249-837d-c17ff733100e.ass ...
00:00:00 127MB | loading plugins from C:/Users/Administrator/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 164MB | driver_houdini.dll: driver_houdini uses Arnold 7.3.4.0
00:00:00 164MB | loaded 1 plugins from 1 lib(s) in 0:00.02
00:00:00 165MB | [ass] read 913162 bytes, 8 nodes in 0:00.02
00:00:00 165MB WARNING | rendering with watermarks because the skip_license_check option was enabled

What can one expect from AD anyhow except for a blunder such as this...

[aaltug]

And here's the error I get from arnold ROP when I try to render to mplay:

Command Exit Code: -1073741819

00:00:00 67MB | [hick] Received: AA: -3 3
00:00:00 67MB | [hick] Received: begin
00:00:00 67MB | [hick] Batch mode
00:00:00 67MB | log started Fri Sep 6 03:00:37 2024
00:00:00 67MB | Arnold 7.3.4.0 [5809b986] windows x86_64 clang-15.0.7 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 optix-8.0.0 2024/08/27 16:47:33
00:00:00 67MB | running on ERASMUS, pid=14276
00:00:00 67MB | 1 x AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 8-Core Processor (8 cores, 16 logical) with 32695MB
00:00:00 67MB | NVIDIA driver version 560.81
00:00:00 67MB | GPU 0: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 @ 2550MHz (compute 8.9) with 12281MB (10146MB available) (NVLink:0)
00:00:00 67MB | Windows 10 (version 10.0, build 22631)
00:00:00 67MB | soft limit for open files changed from 512 to 2048
00:00:00 67MB |
00:00:00 67MB | Installing system handler with mask 255
00:00:00 108MB | [metadata] loading metadata file: C:\Users\Administrator\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 111MB | loading plugins from C:\Users\Administrator\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 111MB | alembic_proc.dll: alembic uses Arnold 7.3.4.0
00:00:00 111MB | [metadata] loading metadata file: C:\Users\Administrator\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 111MB | cryptomatte.dll: cryptomatte uses Arnold 7.3.4.0
00:00:00 111MB | cryptomatte.dll: cryptomatte_filter uses Arnold 7.3.4.0
00:00:00 111MB | cryptomatte.dll: cryptomatte_manifest_driver uses Arnold 7.3.4.0
00:00:00 111MB | [metadata] loading metadata file: C:\Users\Administrator\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 111MB | htoa_mandelbulb_proc.dll: mandelbulb uses Arnold 7.3.4.0
00:00:00 111MB | [metadata] loading metadata file: C:\Users\Administrator\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 120MB | usd_proc.dll: usd uses Arnold 7.3.4.0
00:00:00 121MB | [metadata] loading metadata file: C:\Users\Administrator\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 121MB | loaded 6 plugins from 4 lib(s) in 0:00.08
00:00:00 126MB | [hick] Start
00:00:00 126MB | [hick] Received: log_verbosity: 3588
00:00:00 126MB | [hick] Received: log_console_enable: 1
00:00:00 126MB | [hick] Received: log_file:
00:00:00 126MB | [hick] Received: log_max_warnings: 5
00:00:00 126MB | [hick] Received: delta_publisher_port: 5089
00:00:00 126MB | [hick] Received: threads: 0
00:00:00 126MB | [hick] Received: assfile: c:\users\admini~1\appdata\local\temp\houdini_temp\htoa_Administrator\7784_76abaac4-56dd-423c-8557-d0268b749842.ass
00:00:00 128MB | [metadata] loading metadata file: c:\users\admini~1\appdata\local\temp\houdini_temp\htoa_Administrator\7784_76abaac4-56dd-423c-8557-d0268b749842.ass
00:00:00 129MB | [ass] loading c:\users\admini~1\appdata\local\temp\houdini_temp\htoa_Administrator\7784_76abaac4-56dd-423c-8557-d0268b749842.ass ...
00:00:00 129MB | loading plugins from C:/Users/Administrator/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 164MB | driver_houdini.dll: driver_houdini uses Arnold 7.3.4.0
00:00:00 164MB | loaded 1 plugins from 1 lib(s) in 0:00.02
00:00:00 165MB | [ass] read 912877 bytes, 8 nodes in 0:00.02
No licenses could be found to run this application.
Please check for a valid license server host

PS: I do have a trial license installed

[Stephen.Blair]

This is a Houdini licensing error:

No licenses could be found to run this application.
Please check for a valid license server host

What is the Render error: "No licenses could be found to run this application..."? | SideFX

[yuseitada]

hello, im having the same issue. has anyone been able to resolve this?

[william_banti75ELV]

No, same issue, i create a msg on the sidefx forum, but no aswer....

https://www.sidefx.com/forum/topic/98253/

[contactHPG7V]

same issue, can't do anything and get hung up on a lic check. also no updates on the log manager, only the interal of houdini works. 

houdini 20.5.410 py310 and arnold 6.3.5.1_r8826918

super frustrating.

[Stephen.Blair]

Houdini Indie no longer supports HtoA rendering in the Render View, that's why you get

No licenses could be found to run this application.
Please check for a valid license server host

What is the Render error: "No licenses could be found to run this application..."? | SideFX

[contactHPG7V]

hey stephen,
temporary or forever? is there an official statement?

[Stephen.Blair]

That's the state of things at the moment.

[zack.osmond]

Hello Stephen,

Thank you for this answer, but how does it work now if it's not working in the render view ?
I'm sorry I'm a bit loss and I don't know how to view my render otherwise ^^'

Thanks for your help!

Zack Osmond