Hi!
We've got a project that is going to need to start at least Maya 2013 and Maya 2014 (maybe even 2012). How would one setup the Shotgun WebUI to have these 3 options in for example the Shot Actions menu? Using custom Action Items which need URLs can't really start local Maya instances... Since it's already possible to specify the path to which Maya to start, can we somehow customize the entries in the Shot Actions menu to include 'Launch Maya 2013' and 'Launch Maya 2012' ?
Hi
You will have to make changes in three files, which are paths.yml, app_launcher.yml and shotgun_task.yml (I prefer launching Maya from a task rather than shot but if you want to launch it from a shot, the idea is basically the same except you will have to edit shotgun_shot.yml instead of shotgun_task.yml) in your project's sgtk configuration.
Below you will find what you need to change to have Maya 2013 and 2014 setup as sgtk menus. I'll leave Maya 2012 for you. Also note that you will need to set the paths(which is done in paths.yml) for the maya executable binary according to your setup. Be careful while making the changes a single typo or a mixture of tabs and spaces in these files will cause problems.
Locate the following lines
maya_windows: 'C:\Program Files\Autodesk\Maya2012\bin\maya.exe'
maya_mac: /Applications/Autodesk/maya2012/Maya.app
maya_linux: maya
change them to something like this.
maya2013_windows: 'C:\Program Files\Autodesk\Maya2013\bin\maya.exe'
maya2013_mac: /Applications/Autodesk/maya2013/Maya.app
maya2013_linux: maya_2013
maya2014_windows: 'C:\Program Files\Autodesk\Maya2014\bin\maya.exe'
maya2014_mac: /Applications/Autodesk/maya2014/Maya.app
maya2014_linux: maya_2014
Locate the following lines
launch_maya:
engine: tk-maya
extra: {}
hook_app_launch: default
hook_before_app_launch: default
linux_args: ''
linux_path: '@maya_linux'
location: {name: tk-multi-launchapp, type: app_store, version: v0.2.14}
mac_args: ''
mac_path: '@maya_mac'
menu_name: Launch Maya
windows_args: ''
windows_path: '@maya_windows'
change them to something like this.
launch_maya2013:
engine: tk-maya
extra: {}
hook_app_launch: default
hook_before_app_launch: default
linux_args: ''
linux_path: '@maya2013_linux'
location: {name: tk-multi-launchapp, type: app_store, version: v0.2.14}
mac_args: ''
mac_path: '@maya2013_mac'
menu_name: Launch Maya 2013
windows_args: ''
windows_path: '@maya2013_windows'
launch_maya2014:
engine: tk-maya
extra: {}
hook_app_launch: default
hook_before_app_launch: default
linux_args: ''
linux_path: '@maya2014_linux'
location: {name: tk-multi-launchapp, type: app_store, version: v0.2.14}
mac_args: ''
mac_path: '@maya2014_mac'
menu_name: Launch Maya 2014
windows_args: ''
windows_path: '@maya2014_windows'
Locate the following line
tk-shotgun-launchmaya: '@launch_maya'
change it to something like this
tk-shotgun-launchmaya2013: '@launch_maya2013'
tk-shotgun-launchmaya2014: '@launch_maya2014'
This should be enough.
Cheers
Samsher
Oh, I almost had it then. I just added the menu entries to the wrong file (shot.yml instead of shotgun_shot.yml).
Now it works. Awesome, thanks!
Thanks Samsher!
Hi
I followed all the steps discribed and shotgun does start the correct maya version but it doesn't load shotgun into maya the just getting me the error
# Error: Shotgun: Could not start engine: Include error. Could not resolve references for L:\tank\1310_schwarzwild\tank\config\env\shot_step.yml: Undefined Reference launch_maya! #
when i change the name back form launch_maya2013 to launch_maya everythin works perfect except i can't start different versions then
My bad i overread shot_step.yml in the error, so you have to edit this file also to this:
tk-shotgun-launchmaya: '@launch_maya', tk-shotgun-launchmotionbuilder: '@launch_motionbuilder'
to
tk-shotgun-launchmaya2013: '@launch_maya2013', tk-shotgun-launchmotionbuilder: '@launch_motionbuilder' tk-shotgun-launchmaya2014: '@launch_maya2014' tk-shotgun-launchmotionbuilder: '@launch_motionbuilder'
Sorry, feel free to delete that last comment (and this one too if you like!). After working with it some more I answered my own questions and got it all working fine.
Since the advent of the multi-launch app, is the above info still complete and accurate? I'm running through this now and finding that I have to change a lot more than this just to prevent errors, but I still haven't successfully added new entries in Shotgun.
Hi tim,
What where the problems you had? I have some problem that with multiple version setup the workarea is lost. Did you have a similiar problem?
Found the problem. the tk-shell can't needs to be different than the tk-desktop. A bit weird maybe this is a bug?
tk-shell:
apps: {tk-multi-launch3dsmax: '@launch_3dsmax', tk-multi-launchmaya: '@launch_maya_2013ext', tk-multi-launchmaya: '@launch_maya_2013',
tk-multi-launchmotionbuilder: '@launch_motionbuilder', tk-multi-launchnuke: '@launch_nuke',
tk-multi-launchphotoshop: '@launch_photoshop', tk-multi-launchsoftimage: '@launch_softimage',
tk-multi-screeningroom: '@launch_screeningroom', tk-shotgun-launchmari: '@launch_mari'}
tk-desktop:
apps: {tk-multi-launch3dsmax: '@launch_3dsmax', tk-multi-launchhiero: '@launch_hiero',
tk-multi-launchmari: '@launch_mari', tk-multi-launchmaya2013: '@launch_maya_2013', tk-multi-launchmaya2013-5: '@launch_maya_2013ext', tk-multi-launchmotionbuilder: '@launch_motionbuilder',
tk-multi-launchnuke: '@launch_nuke', tk-multi-launchphotoshop: '@launch_photoshop',
tk-multi-launchsoftimage: '@launch_softimage', tk-multi-screeningroom: '@launch_screeningroom'}
UPDATED! FYI there is a much cleaner way of doing this which KP outlines on the below support page:
https://support.shotgunsoftware.com/hc/en-us/articles/115000067493#Configuring%20software%20launches