Fusion Preferences

[DanielKoch]

Yeah, event suites are no longer in Fusion 8+, for various reasons (including that they never worked all that well). A replacement system of sorts is in the works though.

[Kristof]

Sorry, I missed this question earlier.

There's no pref for HiQ, but it is an attribute that can be set with a script command:

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comp:SetAttrs{COMPB_HiQ = true}

If you'd like this to be always set, you can add it to a .scriptlib file in your Scripts: dir, say Scripts:HiQ.scriptlib, where it will be auto-executed for every comp that is created or opened. If you only want to force HiQ on for new comps, make it conditional on e.g. the comp's filename:

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if comp:GetAttrs().COMPS_FileName == "" then
	comp:SetAttrs{COMPB_HiQ = true}
end

Thanks! Kind of new to scriptlibs, but with that two liner you would need to save it in the Comp subdir of the Scripts folder, or it will throw an error when Fu is starting up. Putting it in the subdir will make sure it will only be executed whenever you're opening or creating a new comp.

This modified code would work if you would like to store it in the Scripts folder:

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if composition == nil then
	-- no comp: Fusion is being started
else
	if comp:GetAttrs().COMPS_FileName == "" then
		comp:SetAttrs{COMPB_HiQ = true}
	end
end

[9krausec]

After reading through this thread and the information about this topic on the steakunderwater VFXPedia page, I'm still having issues getting the changing of the env var 'FUSION_PROFILE_DIR' to work for Fusion Studio 9.0.2 - anyone willing to lend a hand?

Has anything changed since the last post in this thread in 2017 between Fusion versions? After changing the env variable via a .bat launcher, getting into the Fusion console, I'm able to confirm that the environment variable "FUSION_PROFILE_DIR" has been modified correctly to point to another location. I've also tried changing the variables in a launcher python script also via a bat, same results.

I've created a "Profiles/Default" folder in the directory the 'FUSION_PROFILE_DIR' was rerouted to and turned all 'true' variables in the .prefs to 'false' to ensure it was picking up. These preference changes were not reflected when opening up fusion in either comp or global settings. I've also tried this by pointing the 'FUSION_MasterPrefs' to the another .prefs with all bool true variables turned to false. Same thing.

Another parallel question, the 'FUSION_PROFILE_DIR' is responsible for telling Fusion where to pull the profile from which only has a .prefs and .toolbars inside of it. Inside of the default .prefs file I'm seeing a path map being generated for all child directories in '..\AppData\Roaming\Blackmagic Design\Fusion' (Luts; Settings; Comps; Librares; etc..). These seem to all be set relative to "UserPaths" variable which is also specified in the map via this line "["UserPaths:"] = "UserData:;AllData:;Fusion:"," Would one of you gurus mind filling me in on what exactly is defining "UserPaths"?

The ultimate goal is the transfer all children folders of the parent '..\AppData\Roaming\Blackmagic Design\Fusion' to a network location for obvious pipeline reasons. Fusion is installed on users local machines and not being pulled from the network location to boot.

I'm able to setup Houdini and Maya environment variables correctly to pull preferences from a network location, so I wouldn't think I'm doing something wrong a technical capacity. Something is obviously wrong though...

Thank you for any help!

[SecondMan]

It is now FUSION9_PROFILE_DIR

See also Re: FUSION_PROFILE_DIR problem

[9krausec]

Much appreciated. I was a bit turned around by referencing this older thread - https://www.steakunderwater.com/wesuck ... refs#p6923

Was placing the version number in the wrong location! "The Fusion Diagnostics Tool" looks very useful too. Thank you.

[Kristof]

Do render nodes also look at the same environment variable? Can the prefs of render nodes be managed in a similar fashion? I tried but it doesn't seem to pick up the preferences defined in the enviro variable.

Stil on Fu 9, so the variable is called "FUSION9_MasterPrefs".