Guest Posted December 5, 2015 Share Posted December 5, 2015 Hi, I'm a member of FXPHD and therefore have access to their VPN, sometimes they unfortunately forget to renew Houdini licenses or something else, that results in no licenses.As I am also attending CG Spectrums Houdini course, that's a problem as I am now unable to work on a assignment due tomorrow. If I were to get the Indie license, would my old files still work? (.hipnc) As I see it, it would be a "downgrade" but way more stable in my situation as I won't suddenly be standing without a license.I do not render anything above 1920x1080. But still I will get no 3rd party rendering, .piclc instead of .pic, no Render description (.ifd) and only a single mantra token. Would this affect me somehow by changing to Indie? Also with Houdini Indie, is it possible to expand with a 2nd machine for rendering and simulating. Or would I need 1 more license for that? Cheers,Jonas Ps. Here you can compare the different versions. http://www.sidefx.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=219&Itemid=382Education compared to Indie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SreckoM Posted December 5, 2015 Share Posted December 5, 2015 I am not sure what exactly you have, hip files or hipnc (Aprentice)? hip file will be downgraded to hiplc (Indie Limited commercial). If you open hipnc in Indie, that session will be downgraded to Non commercial version. You need one more license for 2nd machine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 5, 2015 Share Posted December 5, 2015 Hipnc, but unlimited as it is the Education version. By doing so, I would limit myself then? I suppose it wouldn't recognize my file as Education rather than Apprentice if I installed the Indie license instead? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atom Posted December 5, 2015 Share Posted December 5, 2015 (edited) When you open the .hipnc file in a fully licensed version of Houdini, your render license is downgraded so the logo will appear. SideFX does offer a one time conversion of your files from .hipnc to .hip which will work on an officially licensed machine.(i.e no logo in the render). You have to contact them directly for that service. You can also open the .hipnc in one copy of a fully licensed Houdini and then open a fresh clean copy of Houdini and manually rebuild the entire network. But you can not copy and paste nodes between two licenses or Houdini will detect that and once again down grade you render license. If this is just an assignment for school does the teacher really care about the logo? Edited December 5, 2015 by Atom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SreckoM Posted December 5, 2015 Share Posted December 5, 2015 Yes. But you can ask SideFX to convert you file ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 5, 2015 Share Posted December 5, 2015 Yeah School assignment and I'd prefer not to have the watermark. I suppose I'll just hope for FXPHD to have it fixed soon. Otherwise I must Rebuild it with a Indie license. But the Education version is also hipnc but still without watermark. Anybody here with a indie license, who would be interested in trying a Quick render to look for a watermark? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 6, 2015 Share Posted December 6, 2015 I took the leap and got a Indie license.All is working just fine.Thanks a lot for the help! Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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