when I install isaac sim 4.5.0 with the new workstation system:
the isaacsim is automatically intalled in the path: “C:\isaacsim”
If i change the folder name to “isaacsim 4.5.0” then several features stop working for me in teh editor like creating a new material for example.
So then my question is, If now i want to install isaacsim 5, will it replace the file in the path “C:\isaacsim” meaning I can only have one version installed at a time?
@danielle.sisserman i haven’t tried to keep multiple versions up to this point, but i am curious about the instance where you were having issues creating material, what exactly happens? would you be able to provide screenshots, repro steps, or log?
the reason why i am asking is because i’d like to confirm what i am seeing on my end by simply renaming the folder.
It seems like renaming the default installation folder breaks some internal paths that Isaac Sim relies on, causing issues like with material creation. (I don’t see any problem using Ubuntu, though, so this might be specific to Windows installations.)
To manage multiple versions, you should try to specify different installation paths for each version during the initial installation process, rather than renaming the default folder afterward. You may also check the log file for more information if you encounter issues, as that can often provide valuable diagnostic details.
@Simplychenable sure thing. rename the folder “isaacsim” to “isaacsim_whatever” and open the editor. now create a new material:
in the property window of the material you will notice that you do not have the components of the material (albedo, normal,UV, so on..). you will also get a bunch of path errors in the consule.
simply renaming the folder to “isaacsim” fixes the issue
This is the installation process (as specified in the docs Workstation Installation — Isaac Sim Documentation):
mkdir C:\isaacsim
cd %USERPROFILE%/Downloads
tar -xvzf "isaac-sim-standalone@4.5.0-rc.36+release.19112.f59b3005.gl.windows-x86_64.release.zip" -C C:\isaacsim
cd C:\isaacsim
post_install.bat
isaac-sim.selector.bat
can you please specify which line to modify to use a different path then “C:\isaacsim”?
Thank you
You can change the argument of the -c option to extract to a different directory.
I dont believe that extracting to a different directory will fix the issue since the paths in the material creation scripts are not modified in this process. please take a look at the bug i describe here in my reply to @Simplychenable : Installing multiple versions of isaacsim without the (depreciated) Launcher - #4 by danielle.sisserman
Are you still experiencing this issue? If yes, please share both the full log output from a successful run and the full log output from the failing attempt. Having both sets of logs will help us directly compare the two and identify the differences or root cause more effectively
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