override ApplicationPlugins directory

[spark6C3TN]

Hello,

I am looking for an environment variable, or a method that I can override ApplicationPlugins directory, which is a default location of installing maya bonustools.

Is there a clean way to re-direct the location instead of individually setting plugins, pythonpath, and script paths?

[g2m.agent]

here:

https://help.autodesk.com/view/MAYAUL/2020/ENU/?guid=GUID-8EFB1AC1-ED7D-4099-9EEE-624097872C04

[spark6C3TN]

Thank you for the link, I am setting Maya bonus tools to a shared location, and it includes various plugins and scripts and I hope there is a better way than setting multiple MAYA paths.

I tried setting MAYA_PACKAGE_PATH to the directory having PackageContents.xml file, but it doesn't change anything. Is there a success story with the environment variable?

https://apps.autodesk.com/en/Detail/Index?id=8115150172702393827

[spark6C3TN · Accepted solution]

Maya 2022 help for the file path variables gave me the answer. Thank you.

[vonbehr]

How did you solve it?

I did set the MAYA_PACKAGE_PATH variable to the folder with the PackageContents.xml but the Bonus Tools are not loaded.

Is this env variable even available in Maya versions before 2020?

[KernAttila_Zag]

You need to point to the folder above, containing the BonusTools folder