topic Re: Can't load Substance plugin after update to 2022.3 in Maya Forum

Can't load Substance plugin after update to 2022.3

ytsai3LVEGW — Mon, 20 Dec 2021 04:35:55 GMT

Hi,

I just upgraded my Maya to 2022.3 version but found that the Substance plugin is not working and grey out in the plugin manager. When click "loaded", I got this message :

// Error: file: C:/Program Files/Autodesk/Maya2022/scripts/others/pluginWin.mel line 316: Unable to dynamically load : C:/Program Files/Allegorithmic/Adobe Substance 3D for Maya/2022/plug-ins/substancemaya.mll
The specified procedure could not be found.
//
// Error: file: C:/Program Files/Autodesk/Maya2022/scripts/others/pluginWin.mel line 316: The specified procedure could not be found.
(substancemaya) //

Before posting this, I've already tried

1. Reset setting and preference

2. Reinstall both Maya and substance plugins.

I'm not a coding guy and being stuck in this issue for a long time.

Really need someone to help with the problem.

Thanks!

Re: Can't load Substance plugin after update to 2022.3

ganen63463 — Tue, 11 Jan 2022 00:57:41 GMT

Exactly the same:
Here there are people with the same problem https://community.adobe.com/t5/substance-3d-plugins-discussions/no-substance-plug-in-in-maya-2022-1-update/m-p/12227283

I have Maya 2022.3, substance painter 7.4.1, Substance 3D for Maya plugin 2.2.1, houdini 19 and renderman 24.3.

Tried to reinstall maya, setting env and modifying substance2.mod ...nothing works 😞

Re: Can't load Substance plugin after update to 2022.3

ganen63463 — Thu, 20 Jan 2022 22:59:50 GMT

I've formatted Windows, reinstalled maya and substance... and Houdini. The problem is just Houdini.

The solution is to copy substance_linker.dll from substance\lib folder and paste(overwrite) it in the houdini\bin folder.
Then everything works.

I found that here https://forum.substance3d.com/index.php?topic=35175.0
...two years old problem and still not fixed!

Re: Can't load Substance plugin after update to 2022.3

samuel.marquis — Wed, 23 Mar 2022 14:08:30 GMT

It works thanks !

Re: Can't load Substance plugin after update to 2022.3

itaibachar2012 — Mon, 23 May 2022 16:36:55 GMT

Thank you sir!!

Godsend... 🙂

Re: Can't load Substance plugin after update to 2022.3

ZachGray — Tue, 04 Oct 2022 21:52:12 GMT

The issue is that the `substance_linker.dll` gets inserted into to path from the Houdini install before the one compiled against Maya.

You can confirm this and see that Houdini is listed first, so it attempts to load that .dll:

import os print(os.getenv('PATH'))

The module files for Houdini Engine and Substance add to the system path with `PATH+`:

+ PLATFORM:win64 substance2 2.2.3 C:\Program Files\Allegorithmic\Adobe Substance 3D for Maya\2023 PATH+:=lib + houdiniEngine 1.0 C:/Program Files/Side Effects Software/Houdini Engine/Maya/19.5.303/maya2023 PATH += C:/Program Files/Side Effects Software/Houdini 19.5.303/bin

Unfortunately, you can't force the load order for modules, so I reorder the windows path in `userSetup.py`:

print('reorder substance path') import os path = os.getenv('PATH') path_items = path.split(';') houdini_path = '' substance_path = '' for p in path_items: if 'Substance' in p: substance_path = p continue if 'Houdini' in p: houdini_path = p continue if substance_path: path_items.remove(substance_path) if houdini_path: path_items.remove(houdini_path) path_items.append(substance_path) path_items.append(houdini_path) path_reorder = ';'.join(path_items) os.environ["PATH"] = path_reorder

Re: Can't load Substance plugin after update to 2022.3

zhcngximeng — Tue, 01 Nov 2022 02:39:37 GMT

You know what?

Could not load C:/Program Files/Allegorithmic/Adobe Substance 3D for Maya/2023/plug-ins/substancemaya.mll as a plug-in

Anyone have fixed it?

🤣

Re: Can't load Substance plugin after update to 2022.3

SmokeyBear — Fri, 23 Dec 2022 00:56:55 GMT

I am experiencing this same problem. Earlier, I had the Houdini problem. For my new machine, I have not yet installed Houdini, and I am still getting this exact same problem. Anyone else experiencing this situation without Houdini being installed? I AM using Maverick Render, a standalone rendering engine that natively supports Substance. Is there any chance Maverick is causing this problem? How would I be able to figure this out?

Re: Can't load Substance plugin after update to 2022.3

SmokeyBear — Fri, 23 Dec 2022 00:58:47 GMT

How could I check the "path" to determine if Maverick Render is also causing this problem?

Re: Can't load Substance plugin after update to 2022.3

SmokeyBear — Wed, 28 Dec 2022 22:50:13 GMT

Marco S. (via Autodesk) resolved this problem for me by advising me to copy the file "substance_linker.dll" from

C:\Program Files\Allegorithmic\Adobe Substance 3D for Maya\2023\lib\

to Program Files\Autodesk\Maya2023\bin.

After doing so, you will need to execute Maya, access the Plugin Manager and "load" the four substance files ( actually, you should "auto load" those). You'll receive a warning message, but not an error message. After exiting Maya, you should find that Maya now correctly loads in the Substance Designer plugin from now on, and you can properly create the Substance Nodes in Hypershade.

In my case, it probably helped to make sure that I had the most current Substance For Maya Plugin loaded. You can always get that here. https://substance3d.adobe.com/plugins/substance-in-maya/

Re: Can't load Substance plugin after update to 2022.3

serdar.quob — Sat, 18 Mar 2023 17:44:03 GMT

Thanks! This solved my problem 🙂

Re: Can't load Substance plugin after update to 2022.3

hhsu16 — Mon, 11 Sep 2023 21:44:35 GMT

Thank you, this work!

Re: Can't load Substance plugin after update to 2022.3

moootixox — Mon, 20 Nov 2023 22:15:20 GMT

This worked for me. Thanks, dude.

Re: Can't load Substance plugin after update to 2022.3

ayushbakshi98 — Thu, 06 Mar 2025 15:25:29 GMT

It is 2025 March. Autodesk and Adobe still didn't fix this. The user still has to apply your solution.

Thanks!

@ayushbakshi98 - this post has been edited due to Community Rules & Etiquette violation

Re: Can't load Substance plugin after update to 2022.3

bosco0182 — Fri, 11 Apr 2025 07:07:00 GMT

thanks! it works

Re: Can't load Substance plugin after update to 2022.3

7993692 — Wed, 09 Jul 2025 15:00:20 GMT

Thank you sir!

The problem has been solved.