Unable to save Flipbook

[Steve]

I can render a flipbook just fine but when it comes time to save I get an error message.

An error occured while encoding.
EnvControl: HOUDINI_USER_PREF_DIR missing__HVER__,ignored.
No licenses could be found to run this application.
Please check for a valid license server host.

[Steve]

Anyone? ...Bueller? ...Bueller?

[Ben (SideFX)]

Hey Steve, thanks for posting about this and sorry to hear you're running into problems saving flipbooks.

It seems like this could be a Steam specific problem but we'll need to confirm that. Have you been able to save flipbooks in a non-Steam version of Houdini in the past?

I'll look into this and try to get an answer for you soon. In the meantime you could submit a bug to SideFX support to see if this issue has come up before in non-Steam versions of Houdini. The bug submission form is here: https://www.sidefx.com/bugs/submit/

[Steve]

I contacted SideFX support and was told that it is a Steam licensing issue. But, somehow I doubt they can deal with this particular issue. Note, I am unable to render anything flipbook, mantra, etc...
Previously I've used the SideFX Indie (non-Steam) version and have been able to render everything just fine.
I tried rolling back to the 17.0 production build, and uninstalling and reinstalling. No luck.

[Steve]

Strike that. I can render a mantra node. Lots of error messages though:

Warning
A head-light was automatically added to the scene. If the soho_autoheadlight parameter cannot be found in the Objects tab, add the rendering property to control this behaviour.
Warning
Bad parameter reference: "enableDispMap" in parameter /mat/uniformvolume/vm_displacebound/floatdef.
Warning
Bad parameter reference: "dispScale" in parameter /mat/uniformvolume/vm_displacebound/floatdef.
Warning
Bad parameter reference: "enableNoise" in parameter /mat/uniformvolume/vm_displacebound/floatdef.
Warning
Bad parameter reference: "dispScale" in parameter /mat/uniformvolume/vm_displacebound/floatdef.
Warning
Bad parameter reference: "noiseAmp" in parameter /mat/uniformvolume/vm_displacebound/floatdef.
Warning
Bad parameter reference: "enableDispMap" in parameter /mat/uniformvolume/vm_displacebound/floatdef.
Warning
Bad parameter reference: "dispScale" in parameter /mat/uniformvolume/vm_displacebound/floatdef.
Warning
Bad parameter reference: "enableNoise" in parameter /mat/uniformvolume/vm_displacebound/floatdef.
Warning
Bad parameter reference: "dispScale" in parameter /mat/uniformvolume/vm_displacebound/floatdef.
Warning
Bad parameter reference: "noiseAmp" in parameter /mat/uniformvolume/vm_displacebound/floatdef.
Warning
Bad parameter reference: "enableDispMap" in parameter /mat/uniformvolume/vm_displacebound/floatdef.
Warning
Bad parameter reference: "dispScale" in parameter /mat/uniformvolume/vm_displacebound/floatdef.
Warning
Bad parameter reference: "enableNoise" in parameter /mat/uniformvolume/vm_displacebound/floatdef.
Warning
Bad parameter reference: "dispScale" in parameter /mat/uniformvolume/vm_displacebound/floatdef.
Warning
Bad parameter reference: "noiseAmp" in parameter /mat/uniformvolume/vm_displacebound/floatdef.