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redshift for maya

robert_wild3MXSA — Wed, 13 Aug 2025 14:00:38 GMT

hi all,

reading this guide

https://help.maxon.net/r3d/maya/en-us/#html/Custom+Install+Locations.html?TocPath=Installation%257C_____5

where do i create the "redshift4maya" plugin, im guessing its a file i need to create somewhere and then i create a variable "MAYA_MODULE_PATH" to point to that file?

thanks,

rob

Re: redshift for maya

Christoph_Schaedl — Thu, 14 Aug 2025 04:51:10 GMT

Yes in your docuemtns are the maya prefs and there is a file called maya.env
https://help.autodesk.com/view/MAYAUL/2026/ENU/?guid=GUID-8EFB1AC1-ED7D-4099-9EEE-624097872C04

Re: redshift for maya

robert_wild3MXSA — Thu, 14 Aug 2025 06:32:16 GMT

thanks @Christoph_Schaedl so i create a variable in file "maya.env" and in there i do a new line like so -

MAYA_MODULE_PATH=c:\redshift\redshift4maya.mod

and then in "redshift4maya.mod"

+ MAYAVERSION:2017 redshift4maya any %REDSHIFT_COREDATAPATH%
scripts: Plugins/Maya/Common/scripts
icons: Plugins/Maya/Common/icons
plug-ins: Plugins/Maya/2017/nt-x86-64
MAYA_CUSTOM_TEMPLATE_PATH +:= Plugins/Maya/Common/scripts/NETemplates
REDSHIFT_MAYAEXTENSIONSPATH +:= Plugins/Maya/2017/nt-x86-64/extensions
REDSHIFT_PROCEDURALSPATH +:= Procedurals
PATH +:= bin

i just change for whatever maya version ie 2026 instead of 2017, anything else i need to change in that file?

thanks,

rob

Re: redshift for maya

akhilraj591 — Thu, 12 Feb 2026 08:59:39 GMT

I’m facing an issue where the Redshift render plugin is not loading in Maya 2026. Redshift is properly installed, but it does not appear in the Plug-in Manager, or when I try to load redshift4maya.mll, it fails to initialize. I’ve verified that the installed Redshift version supports Maya 2026.Then i edit Maya.env file and add below lines to it after that it work perfectly.

REDSHIFT_COREDATAPATH = C:\ProgramData\Redshift
REDSHIFT_PLUG_IN_PATH = %REDSHIFT_COREDATAPATH%\Plugins\Maya\2026\nt-x86-64
REDSHIFT_SCRIPT_PATH = %REDSHIFT_COREDATAPATH%\Plugins\Maya\Common\scripts
REDSHIFT_XBMLANGPATH = %REDSHIFT_COREDATAPATH%\Plugins\Maya\Common\icons
REDSHIFT_RENDER_DESC_PATH = %REDSHIFT_COREDATAPATH%\Plugins\Maya\Common\rendererDesc
REDSHIFT_CUSTOM_TEMPLATE_PATH = %REDSHIFT_COREDATAPATH%\Plugins\Maya\Common\scripts\NETemplates
REDSHIFT_MAYAEXTENSIONSPATH = %REDSHIFT_PLUG_IN_PATH%\extensions
REDSHIFT_PROCEDURALSPATH = %REDSHIFT_COREDATAPATH%\Procedurals\usd\USD_24.08;%REDSHIFT_COREDATAPATH%\Procedurals\alembic

AW_JPEG_Q_FACTOR = 100;

MAYA_DISABLE_CIP = 1
MAYA_DISABLE_CER = 1
MAYA_DISABLE_CLIC_IPM = 1

MAYA_ENABLE_LEGACY_VIEWPORT = 1

#MAYA_USE_ALTERNATE_UNFOLD_SHIM = 1

MAYA_PLUG_IN_PATH = %REDSHIFT_PLUG_IN_PATH%
MAYA_SCRIPT_PATH = %REDSHIFT_SCRIPT_PATH%
PYTHONPATH = %REDSHIFT_SCRIPT_PATH%
XBMLANGPATH = %REDSHIFT_XBMLANGPATH%
MAYA_RENDER_DESC_PATH = %REDSHIFT_RENDER_DESC_PATH%
MAYA_CUSTOM_TEMPLATE_PATH = %REDSHIFT_CUSTOM_TEMPLATE_PATH%
PATH = %REDSHIFT_COREDATAPATH%\bin