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Houdini 18.5 Python 3 Megascan Bridge LiveLink

MSLiveLink-Houdini18.5Python3

Houdini 18.5 Python 3 Megascan Bridge LiveLink

Since Houdini 18.5 (and Python 3) is not officially supported by Quixel, I have modified the official MSLiveLink v4.4 to be able to run inside Houdini 18.5 Python 3.

Currently, I only tested it to load Megascans 3d assets for Mantra successfully, but nothing else. There might be other Python 3 modifications that I missed. Please report if any issues.

The Python 3 modifications are the following:

1. Updated all implicit modules import to explicit

from Utilities.SettingsManager import SettingsManager

--->

from .Utilities.SettingsManager import SettingsManager

 

2. Updated all metaclass declaration

class SettingsManager:
      __metaclass__ = Singleton 

--->

class SettingsManager(metaclass = Singleton):

 

3. Updated SocketListener.py to emit string instead of bytes

self.Bridge_Call.emit(self.TotalData)

--->

self.Bridge_Call.emit(self.TotalData.decode('UTF-8'))