Maya API MayaPluginWizard setup problems

[Anonymous]

Hi,

I'm having troubles setting up Maya API's MayaPluginWizard. I have followed the setup instructions and successfully got it to show in my New Project window, but when I enter the name of the project Visual Studio just displays and error message under the home screen saying "Creating Project 'MayaPluginWizard1'... project creation failed" with no error messages so I have no idea what might be wrong. I'm working off Visual Studio 2015 and using Maya API 2017 devkit and I had no luck finding any lists of compatible versions of visual studio and the plugin wizard that work with each other. Anyone managed to solve a similar problem?

[HorrificDoom]

Hello! I'm not sure is this still relevant after so many years, but maybe for the offspring.

I found in some other request, that you can download devkit inside which you may probably found the right version of MayaPluginWizard. Here is the link:
https://www.autodesk.com/developer-network/platform-technologies/maya
I figured out, that in Maya 2019 devkit there is MayaPluginWizard for exactly Visual Studio 2015 or Visual Studio 14 as readme.txt inside said. Only after combination of these two guys my project start creating. In my case i paired it to Maya 2018.

All my interest for this only because i try to learn programming through David Gould book, which requires exactly MayaPluginWizard. Anyway i found modern solution too besides this.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBGrdoN4roE
This approach also 100% working.

Hope this will be helpful for some errant person, which decides to learn programming for Maya in this 2025 AI nightmare. Another negative bonus is everybody around is trying to learn blender instead 😕