Houdini steam on macOS and Arnold ROP not working

[SharylL]

Hi, I've been enjoying my first subscription with Houdini here.

I've tried to use Arnold(I already have educational license) with Houdini steam on macOS and apparently it does not work whenever I hit render. It displays error on Arnold ROP saying something like it can't open dylib file from Arnold. I've asked Autodesk and Solidangle about this and they've confirmed that Arnold and Houdini works well on their end and should be also fine with macOS Catalina that I'm running.

I've confirmed that Arnold version and Houdini version on steam that I'm using are compatible, tried re-installing my entire macOS but it still doesn't work. Any solutions? By the way Arnold and Houdini steam works fine on Windows, but it's a hassle for me to move back and forth between macOS and Windows, so hopefully there is a solution.

Thank you

[Ben (SideFX)]

Thanks for the message and sorry to hear you're having problems. I don't think this is a Steam-specific problem though so would you mind submitting a bug for this to SideFX support here: https://www.sidefx.com/bugs/submit/ . You could also email them at support [AT] sidefx [DOT] com. It'd be great if you could post an update here when you get a reply/solution as well.

[SharylL]

Originally posted by Ben (SideFX):

Thanks for the message and sorry to hear you're having problems. I don't think this is a Steam-specific problem though so would you mind submitting a bug for this to SideFX support here: https://www.sidefx.com/bugs/submit/ . You could also email them at support [AT] sidefx [DOT] com. It'd be great if you could post an update here when you get a reply/solution as well.

Thank you Ben, I'll try to do that. I'm also curious if I can get access to 18.0.416 build? I've tried the beta option and set it to previous build and it gives me 18.0.41"5", not 416.

[Ben (SideFX)]

I looked into this and unfortunately the Steam build of 18.0.416 for Mac failed and the SideFX dev went with 18.0.415 instead. Can I ask what you need the 416 for specifically?