Software:
Houdini 18.5
There is an automatic method to install the Houdini Game Development Toolset, as shown in this tutorial:
https://www.sidefx.com/tutorials/game-dev-toolset-installation/
However, the auto updater method didn’t work for me,
So after looking into some discussions I learnt about the following way to it:
Note:
The linked tutorial details additional ways to set this up.
Honestly.. I don’t remember why I ended up using this specific method.
If you think this method has disadvantages compared to other, I’ll be very grateful if you comment on this.
- Download the Houdini Game Development Toolset here as a zip archive:
https://github.com/sideeffects/GameDevelopmentToolset - Unzip the archive and save GameDevelopmentToolset-Development the folder to a folder of your choice.
- Add an environment variable to Windows,
Named: “HOUDINI_PATH”,
Containing 2 values:
a. The path to the GameDevelopmentToolset-Development folder.
b. A “&” character:
- Open Houdini and add the Game Development Toolset Shelf to the UI:
