If you're having graphics card probs with Houdini try this
by Mike Smith · in Artist Corner · 04/08/2011 (6:32 am) · 1 replies
I was having all kinds of graphics card probs with Houdini 11 mostly because of nVidia dragging their arse on getting drivers out. Anyway, Houdini support told me to try putting this line:
HOUDINI_OGL_SOFTWARE = 1
In this file:
user_name->My Documents->houdini11.0->houdini.env
I did. and now everything works great. No more screen freezes, blackouts or crashes. I'm going to guess that it is telling Houdini to set OpenGL to use software rendering (CPU in main memory instead of the GPU of my graphics card). So of course, performance isn't as good, but it allows me to continue to use the software until nVidia gets their ducks in a row.
Just thought I'd throw this out there in case anyone else runs into the same sort of problem.
HOUDINI_OGL_SOFTWARE = 1
In this file:
user_name->My Documents->houdini11.0->houdini.env
I did. and now everything works great. No more screen freezes, blackouts or crashes. I'm going to guess that it is telling Houdini to set OpenGL to use software rendering (CPU in main memory instead of the GPU of my graphics card). So of course, performance isn't as good, but it allows me to continue to use the software until nVidia gets their ducks in a row.
Just thought I'd throw this out there in case anyone else runs into the same sort of problem.
Torque 3D Owner gdebello
Cheers,
Glen