[Sidefx-houdini-list] shop_materialpath error message
Floyd Gillis
floyd at afcg.com
Thu May 17 03:31:43 EDT 2018
Hi Peter,
Good catch... but it's just a typo in my email. Sorry.
Cheers!
Floyd
On 5/17/18 4:21 PM, Peter Bowmar wrote:
> do you need a / in front of "obj" maybe?
>
>
> On 16 May 2018 at 22:10, Floyd Gillis <floyd at afcg.com
> <mailto:floyd at afcg.com>> wrote:
>
> Hello list,
>
> Getting an annoying error message when putting an expression in
> the "shop_materialpath" field of an object.
>
> Example: `chs("obj/CONTROLS/shad_path")`/my_shader_name
>
> Where: "shad_path" is a string being set in "/obj/CONTROLS"
>
> The expression is expanding correctly, the material is being read
> and displayed correctly in the viewport, and is rendering
> correctly with mantra.
>
> But, on starting-up houdini I always get something like...
>
> /Load warnings for test.hip//
> //Warning: Bad parameter reference: "obj/CONTROLS/shad_path" in
> parameter /obj/test/shop_materialpath.
> /
> Is there something different about string formatting in the
> "shop_materialpath" field?
> Any suggestions as to why I'm getting the error messages?
>
> Thanks for any info.
>
> Floyd
>
> P.S. I am simplifying this example a bit... all the elements are
> in on OTL.
> Houdini FX Version 16.5.463 on linux
>
>
>
>
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>
> Peter B
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