Trying to render with kick

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Francois Lord

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Nov 23, 2025, 9:19:57 PM (6 days ago) Nov 23
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I'm trying to render frames directly with kick instead of husk. I added the renderer parm to the USD_ROP in Houdini and submitted it to RR. I unchecked the create_USD job since I already exported it manually. 

The RR submitter created a job with render app `Arnold-singlefile HtoA`. I created a file A80__Arnold_StdA_singlefile_HtoA__inhouse.cfg containing the following:

REZ_EXE_WIN= kick

The render fails on every client with this log:

Nov 23. 21:11.07| Exe source root directory is set to '\\nadlabnas\Logiciels\RoyalRender\render_apps\renderer_exe\houdini\win_x64\'

Nov 23. 21:11.07| Exe source file is set to '\\nadlabnas\Logiciels\RoyalRender\render_apps\renderer_exe\houdini\win_x64\htoa*__houdini21.0.512\scripts\bin\kick.exe'

Nov 23. 21:11.07| Auto-version change:

Job: 7.4.4.00000000000

Client cfg: 0.000000000000000

(\\nadlabnas\Logiciels\RoyalRender\render_apps\renderer_exe\houdini\win_x64\htoa*__houdini21.0.512\scripts\bin\kick.exe)

()

Searching for '\\nadlabnas\Logiciels\RoyalRender\render_apps\renderer_exe\houdini\win_x64\htoa*__houdini21.0.512\scripts\bin\kick.exe'

Nov 23. 21:11.07|

List folder '\\nadlabnas\Logiciels\RoyalRender\render_apps\renderer_exe\houdini\win_x64\htoa*' '__houdini21.0.512'

Nothing found, returning the original

C:\RR_localdata\renderer_exe\houdini\win_x64\htoa*__houdini21.0.512\scripts\bin\kick.exe


All the folders in \\nadlabnas\Logiciels\RoyalRender\render_apps\renderer_exe\houdini\win_x64\ are empty. 

F

RR, Schoenberger

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Nov 24, 2025, 4:00:51 AM (6 days ago) Nov 24
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Hi

 

Kick is setup as Shared Executable by default.

https://www.royalrender.de/help/Sharedexecutable.html

 



If you want to disable it and switch to a local install, please set these lines to nothing in your inhouse.cfg:

ExeCopyFromDir =

ExeCopyToDir   =

ExeCopiedWin= 

ExeCopiedLx= 

 

 

 

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Holger Schönberger

Craftsman and Keeper of the Royal Render Flame

Please use the rrKnights Tavern
or our support system for new questions.

 

 

Francois Lord

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Nov 25, 2025, 9:11:24 AM (5 days ago) Nov 25
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I made a file here ...\RoyalRender\render_apps\_config_inhouse\A80__Arnold_StdA_HtoA__inhouse.inc
and added this to it.

REZ_SHARED_RENDERAPP_WIN=  false
REZ_SHARED_RENDERAPP_LX=   false
REZ_SHARED_RENDERAPP_MAC=  false

ExeCopyFromDir=
ExeCopyToDir=
ExeCopiedWin=
ExeCopiedLx= 

REZ_EXE_WIN=  kick
REZ_EXE_LX=  kick
REZ_EXE_MAC=  kick


It didn't change anything. I get the same message in the log.
Nov 25. 09:01.16|     Exe source root directory is set to '\\nadlabnas\Logiciels\RoyalRender\render_apps\renderer_exe\houdini\win_x64\'
Nov 25. 09:01.16|     Exe source file is set to           '\\nadlabnas\Logiciels\RoyalRender\render_apps\renderer_exe\houdini\win_x64\htoa*__houdini21.0.512\scripts\bin\kick.exe'
Nov 25. 09:01.16|     Auto-version change:
       Job: 7.4.4.00000000000
       Client cfg: 0.000000000000000
       (\\nadlabnas\Logiciels\RoyalRender\render_apps\renderer_exe\houdini\win_x64\htoa*__houdini21.0.512\scripts\bin\kick.exe)
       ()
       Searching for '\\nadlabnas\Logiciels\RoyalRender\render_apps\renderer_exe\houdini\win_x64\htoa*__houdini21.0.512\scripts\bin\kick.exe'
Nov 25. 09:01.16|     
      List folder '\\nadlabnas\Logiciels\RoyalRender\render_apps\renderer_exe\houdini\win_x64\htoa*' '__houdini21.0.512'
Nothing found, returning the original
C:\RR_localdata\renderer_exe\houdini\win_x64\htoa*__houdini21.0.512\scripts\bin\kick.exe 

Do I need to do anything after creating the file?

Thanks!

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RR, Schoenberger

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Nov 25, 2025, 9:44:36 AM (5 days ago) Nov 25
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Hi

So far I can only assume a reload bug.

Please select your rrClients in rrControl and send a Client app/restart Client command.

Does this fix the issue?

Francois Lord

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Nov 25, 2025, 8:57:01 PM (4 days ago) Nov 25
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I restarted all the clients and it still doesn't work.

I copied the content of my htoa rez package into the ...\RoyalRender\render_apps\renderer_exe\houdini\win_x64\htoa7.4.4.0__houdini21.0.512 and it works now. So I can test what I wanted to test, but it's not using rez which is a problem. 

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