HoudiniEngineForUnreal VS hpaste

I used the version on Github, unzip it and put it in C:\Program Files\Epic Games\UE_5.0\Engine\Plugins\Runtime or on Mac: /Applications/Epic Games/UE_5.0/Engine/Plugins/Runtime. In Houdini Engine settings I set the session type to TCP Socket and set the Houdini Executable to Houdini Indie (not sure this was necessary). I wasn't able to create a reliable connection to Houdini - it would connect but after a while it would disconnect and I wasn't able to reconnect again. So what I did was start Houdini Indie and went to Windows > Houdini Engine Session Sync, set the drop down to TCP Port and press Start and then in Houdini Engine, create a session. Session sync is an extra feature that I didn't make use of but I couldn't find another way to restart the Houdini server.

Just installed UE5.1 and converted my current project. Problem is, it relies on the HoudiniEngine plugin which I can't seem to install on UE5.1. This plugin works fine under 5.0, I've followed the install steps on their Github page by copying the HoudiniEngine directory to D:\Program Files\Epic Games\UE_5.1\Engine\Plugins\HoudiniEngine, but UE5.1 keeps telling me "Houdini Engine failed to load", then closes.

https://github.com/sideeffects/HoudiniEngineForUnreal-v2/releases https://github.com/sideeffects/HoudiniEngineForUnreal/releases

They have instead merged future work back into HoudiniEngineForUnreal

Was very confusing to figure out where to get the H19 + UE5 branch. You'll need to compile with this branch

How did you install the Houdini for UE plugin? There is two versions at present the HE for UE v2 as well as the original

A similar approach, but used for copy/pasting setups via the internet is here: https://github.com/pedohorse/hpaste Maybe worth having a look at to steal some code.

but yes, you can implement your own backend easily, for example on a network filesystem, i had a very crude example here , but i do need to update that example, and better even write a little tutorial or manual on that...