Installation

Houdini

Download the latest version of Houdini here: https://www.sidefx.com/download/
- You will have to create or log in to an account
- Use the "Launcher" option for ease of use.
Run the Houdini Installer.
- For the Preferences make sure the options are checked;
  - "Automatically Install License Server"
  - "Automatically install SideFX Labs"
Launch Houdini, so it creates the proper working folders then close it.

Download the latest release of this tool here: https://github.com/Baldrax/Houdini_TaleSpire_Terrain_Generation_Toolset/releases You will likely want the "Source Code (zip)" option for Windows.
Unzip the file and put the directory wherever you want, I like to remove the version info and put it in Documents\TaleSpire\Houdini_TaleSpire_Terrain_Generation_Toolset
In your Houdini19.x directory, usually located in Documents\Houdini19.x create a packages\ directory and inside that directory create a file called HTTGT.json.
Copy the following code block in to the contents of the file but replace the path with the full path to where you installed the toolset, make sure it points to the packages directory inside the toolset path.
```
{
    "package_path": "D:/Users/<username>/Documents/TaleSpire/Houdini_TaleSpire_Terrain_Generation_Toolset/packages"
}
```
⚠️ If you copy and paste the path swap the backslashes "\" with forward slashes "/"
Launch Houdini and you should be able to create a TaleSpire_Terrain node in the /obj network editor. If you can't, something went wrong, check all the steps.

After placing the TaleSpire_Terrain node, go to the settings tab on that node and set the talespire_directory parameter to be the location of your TaleSpire install. This setting should persist for new scenes and nodes.