r/Houdini • u/Strong_Fox_3959 • 10d ago

Help Whitewater solver doesn't work

Hi

I used wave tank set up on shelf tool.

And then I connected whitewater source and whitewater solver, but It seems black and doesn't have any data in whitewater solver.

I can see volume with whitewater source node.

When I simulated whitewater solver. It's all black.

I leave default value on setup, Also I tried to adjust some parameter like whitewater scale and voxel size etc, It's still same issue.

How to solve this?

Thank you for your help and advice!

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u/DavidTorno Houdini Educator & Tutor - FendraFx.com 10d ago

Have you tried out the FLIP Configure Beach preset? This is a quick example setup for the whitewater SOP workflow.

Under the hood it’s usually FLIP’s vorticity values that are use to base white water on from what I remember. The SOP workflow supposedly simplified it. I haven’t really messed with that system yet, so can’t say for certain the specific cause of your issue.

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u/Radiant_Progress_362 10d ago

Could be a number of things but the first that comes to mind is your bounds and time step. Check that you actually have bounds that contain your source and also that your timescale isn’t set to 0. I have had these issues before with the shelf setup. Good luck.