[novice] Installing otl's, some clarification

[art3mis]

ok yes i know this has been asked before

 

 

So I've chosen File>Import>Houdini Digital Asset

And Houdini installs any selected .otl files into 'Scanned Asset Library Directories'

ok so

1st question

Where does this ''Scanned Asset Library Directories' exist in Windows?

2nd question

Isn't it possible to manually install .otls by simply copying and pasting the .otl's into your  otls folder here?

C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 15.5.565\houdini\otls

 

and lastly, trying to install this fieldkit.io library

https://github.com/field/FieldKit.otl

 

but confused by part of the houdini.env changes. What would I edit the following to read if I've already copied and pasted the .otls into my otls folder?

Isn't it redundant?

<PATH TO YOUR GIT CLONE HERE>

 

Thanks in advance for any replies.

 

 

Edited September 29, 2016 by eco_bach

[michael]

first off - 

<PATH TO YOUR GIT CLONE HERE>

this is the path on disk to your GIT repository - https://git-scm.com/docs/git-clone

I'm afraid I can't really help you there...

as for installing otl/hda - there is nothing wrong with simply placing the file in your USER otl directory - NOT the Houdini install folder otls directory.

your user otl directory will be in My Documents or Documents (I can't remember where it is on Windows these days)

have a read through this https://www.sidefx.com/docs/houdini/assets/install