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Hi, I'm updating my python scripts, but it behaves weird when importing with python3. I got a python3.7libs folder in my HOUDINI_PATH. Inside there is my lets say "tools" folder containing "__init__.py" and "test.py". In "test.py" there is a test function hello_world. If I now "import tools" I would expect to be able to call test.py by "tools.test" , wich is not working ("tools has no attribute test"). Only if I do "from tools import test" it works. Also if there is another python file in the folder called "utils.py" I'm not able to "import utils" in test.py. What am I doing wrong? Edit: My bad. I need to "import test from tools"

red hat want's more paying customers. Centos stream will be kind of the stable version of Fedora. If you enjoy podcast, maybe this is interesting: https://linuxunplugged.com/383

What is your guess on how studios are going to deal with this?

CentOS Project shifts focus to CentOS Stream: CentOS Linux 8, as a rebuild of RHEL 8, will end at the end of 2021. CentOS Stream continues after that date, serving as the upstream (development) branch of Red Hat Enterprise Linux. https://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2020-December/048208.html CentOS Stream is some kind of rolling release wich will propably not be adapted by the vfx industry. What will be the follower of centOS 7 (commonly used in bigger vfx studios)?

just guessing, but have you tried to print kwargs to see what it provides?

Would be cool to have the functionality of the tab menu (fuzzy search) accessible for python scripts. Like having a list of custom entries wich can be searched by text field. Does someone know a way?

ACES is always better. Its not just good for color saturation. Also highlight and shadow rolloff is much better. And in general it behaves more natural. You will see it in almost every production for cinema; netflix is using it and many others.

Is there a shortcut to go one node down or/and up in the node tree?

Hi Magicans! Is there a python command to embed a specific hda? Haven't found it in the documentation. Thanks!

Hi! you have x workitems, each with custom attributes. How to merge those items into one AND also merge the attributes to a list? My goal is to continue working with the list in python in a single thread. Thanks!

Hi! I want to apply some SOP operation to a bunch of files on disk using tops. Example: Given a moving sphere cached on disk - colored red. PDG: I want to find all files using file pattern - *redSphere* create a backup file; And now the part I'm struggling with: Open the cache and change the color of the sphere to white. Now replace the inital file with a new one. Sound trvial, but I'm struggling maybe because I want to kind of overwrite the file I'm working on. Any help is much appreciated. pdg_is_simple.hipnc

Hi, I just wanted to try arnold, but when I try to render it seems to not find "driver_houdini.so" , altough it is in the arnold plugin directory. Can someone tell me how to fix this? I'm on centos8. 00:00:00 103MB WARNING | unable to load dynamic library /root/htoa/htoa-5.3.0_r233605f_houdini-18.0.499/htoa-5.3.0_r233605f_houdini-18.0.499/arnold/drivers/driver_houdini.so: libHoudiniUT.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory 00:00:00 103MB ERROR | [ass] line 26: node "driver_houdini" is not installed 00:00:00 104MB WARNING | rendering with watermarks because the skip_license_check option was enabled 00:00:00 118MB ERROR | [aov] output references a non-driver node: /out/arnold1:iprsocket 00:00:00 118MB ERROR | [aov] output references a non-driver node: /out/arnold1:iprsocket 00:00:00 118MB ERROR | [aov] no valid output statements found: could be a progressive render without a display window 00:00:00 118MB WARNING | failed to launch bucket workers: received abort signal

Ok thanks, are u using it? I installed it, but how do I use vex with it?

Hi, Is someone here writing vex code with vim? I want to get started with vim and houdini (vim noob). But I have no idea on how to use autocompletion. I've seen those two gits: https://github.com/find/vim-vex-lang and https://github.com/davidhalter/jedi-vim . I've installed vim-vex-lang, but don't know how to activate it / trigger the completion. Maybe someone can give me a hint, any help is appreciated.

Hey! is there someone who tried Arch linux? Are things breaking because of the rolling release distribution?