Trouble with userSetup.mel

[rgkovach]

I searched through the archives looking for info on how to setup a userSetup.mel, and while I found some useful info, I wasn't to actually get my userSetup.mel to work.

I'm using Maya 5.0, at work....using specific environment variables that point towards a common pool of tools, so every artist is using the same set of scripts, plugins, etc.

The userSetup.mel that comes with the Bonus Tools is in this path and executes itself on startup just fine.

My question is, can I put my own userSetup.mel file in another folder and have Maya look in that folder at startup. So instead of appending my userSetup.mel with the one that came with the Bonus Tools, I could keep them separate and have Maya run both on startup.

Thanks!

[joojaa]

test and se what happens but im not sure it will work.

in the otherhand why cant you append there? or use maya env for things taht dont need loading.

[rgkovach]

the problem is the current userSetup.mel is a shared file, and I am trying to make changes locally.

I've tried alot of different things, maya appears to only accept the first userSetup.mel file it finds.

[joojaa]

Theres a reason why maya has a usersetup. mel and whyy its different for every user.

If you for some reason must share thees ethings then Make sure you either build a mechanism for everyoine to have tehir own customisatioos.

What i would do is either a)

mekse sure everything your sitewide is sourced somewhere else, that still gets sourced by maya thats shared for everyone ad let the usersetup actualy be users usersetup. (theres a reason why maya has a folder scripts folder in ist root menu just confgure maya away form them and you have userlayer and nonuserlayer separated)

OR the stupidway

let the usersetup wich noe is a globalsetup, wich ist shouldnt be call a catchQuiet source to a file called trueUserSetup forexample and make sure theres no such thing in the repository and if such exists in the users or the prohects path it will then be run.

But ime pretty sure no one at your place actualy tought of user cutomization whan they did the system. Wich means you realy need a mel expert out there.