Houdini

Follow renders, simulations, caches and PDG cooks from your phone.

Install the package

Download the Houdini package
It contains a RenderBuddy folder and a RenderBuddy.json file.

The Houdini download is coming soon.
Copy both into your packages folder
Use the folder for your Houdini version, for example:
```
%USERPROFILE%\Documents\houdini21.0\packages\RenderBuddy\
%USERPROFILE%\Documents\houdini21.0\packages\RenderBuddy.json
```
Create the packages folder if it doesn't exist.
Restart Houdini
The plugin starts by itself and connects to the Agent. Your scene's render ROPs are registered automatically.

Type	Nodes	In the app
Renders	Mantra, Karma CPU and XPU, Solaris USD Render ROPs	Frame, progress, time left
Simulations	DOP networks: FLIP, Pyro, Vellum, RBD/Bullet, POP	Shown as Simulating with frame progress
Caches	File Cache, Vellum I/O, RBD I/O, Geometry, Alembic and FBX ROPs	Shown as Caching
PDG / TOPs	TOP networks	Work items: total, done, cooking and failed

A simulation is shown simply as "Simulation", whatever the solver.

Add the RenderBuddy shelf for these tools:

Tool	Use it to
RB Status	See the connection status and the plugin version.
Register ROPs	Register render ROPs you created after the scene loaded.
Track Simulation	Track the selected DOP network.
Track PDG	Track the selected TOP network.
Test Connection	Check the Agent is receiving data.

Follow progress, get a push when a render, sim, cache or cook starts and ends, grab a Preview of a render, and Stop it.

Nothing happens when Houdini starts

Check that RenderBuddy.json sits directly in the packages folder of the Houdini version you're running, next to the RenderBuddy folder.

A new ROP isn't tracked

Click Register ROPs on the shelf.

A simulation isn't tracked

Select its DOP network and click Track Simulation.

Is the Agent getting anything?

Click Test Connection. If it fails, make sure the Agent is running on this computer.