Maya 2017 Legacy Hypershade

#1

Hi all,

I’m trying to get the old hypershade back in my installation of Maya 2017 ( I’m locked to this version because of Mental Ray )

I’ve added the line :
MAYA_ENABLE_LEGACY_HYPERSHADE=1;

To my Maya.env in C:\Users\MYUSERNAME\Documents\maya\2017

But it’s not doing anything. What am I doing wrong ?

Any help is appreciated,

Arno

#2

One thing to try is to ensure you are editing the correct Maya.env file, with maya open, try running in the script editor in mel:
getenv “MAYA_APP_DIR”

if that directory isn’t:
C:\Users\MYUSERNAME\Documents\maya\2017

Try editing the Maya.env file in the directory you get from the above command instead

#3

Nope, it’s giving the correct directory.

Or actually this one : ( without the 17 )

C:\Users\MYUSERNAME\Documents\maya\

I’m getting this error mesage on startup :

// Error: file: C:/Program Files/Autodesk/Maya2017/scripts/others/hyperShadePanel.mel line 12063: Object ‘firstPaneTabs’ not found.

#4

might want to try deleting your prefs to see if that error goes away, it looks like it could be preventing the legacy hypershade from getting sourced properly

#5

Okay, that removed my error message.
But I;m still not getting the old hypershade back when I add the line in the .env file.