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Lets have a server-side setting that dictates what type of houdini scene file we want to save

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Now it defaults to .hip, but sometimes we have artists working in .hiplc when working on personal projects. I suggest we provide a default scene file extension option per project. Some projects will always be .hiplc, but now they always default to .hip first.

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Posted by Dieuwer Feldbrugge
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  • Mustafa Zaky Jafar

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    they always default to .hip first.

    I think it either default to the same extension of the current file or default to the first extension in workfiles extensions list.

    • Dieuwer Feldbrugge

      Yes the first extension is .hip, so users who work with indie always have to remember to switch it to hiplc when creating a new workfile, otherwise the first file that Ayon saves will be called .hip, and as soon as you do Ctrl + S houdini saves another file as .hiplc, going out of pipe. I do not have access to this list as far as i know. But it would be great if we do so we can re-order it based on if we want to default to .hiplc or .hip or .hipnc on certain projects.

      • Mustafa Zaky Jafar

        Team

        the first extension is .hip, so users who work with indie always have to remember to switch it to hiplc when creating a new workfile, otherwise the first file that Ayon saves will be called .hip, and as soon as you do Ctrl + S houdini saves another file as .hiplc, going out of pipe.

        imo, if it cause workfiles to go out of pipe, then this is a bug not feature request.

        I’ll create an issue on Houdini addon for reference.

        • Dieuwer Feldbrugge

          Yeah but I guess its solvable by giving control of the default extensions that houdini can use in ayon, which would be an added feature, but yes the lack of it causes buggy behavior.

      • Mustafa Zaky Jafar

        Team

        Here is it https://github.com/ynput/ayon-houdini/issues/381

        • Dieuwer Feldbrugge

          Thanks man, amazing :)

    • Dieuwer Feldbrugge

      I've just checked again, cant find any setting for us to change that list ourselves. only making this workflow robust when people do not use indie/NC in combination with ayon.