AY-7110_Maya Look Publish detect aiSurfaceShader connection

[ynbot]

Please describe the enhancement you have in mind and explain what the current shortcomings are?

Here:

ayon-maya/client/ayon_maya/tools/mayalookassigner/arnold_standin.py

Line 162 in 815a5bc

shader_type = "shader" if attribute == "surfaceShader" else "disp_map"

) we are getting the shader from the surfaceShader
input of the SG node.

There are situations where the arnold shader is assigned to the aiSurfaceShader input and there is an OpenGL shader for viewport hooked in the default surfaceShader input.

It would be great to support published looks with the aiSurfaceShader to also be detected correctly and be assignable to aiStandin

An example implementation could be:
if attribute == "surfaceShader":
ai_shader_inputs = cmds.listConnections(
shading_engine + ".aiSurfaceShader", source=True
)
if ai_shader_inputs:
log.warning(
f"Found shader {ai_shader_inputs} in the aiSurfaceShader input"
f" connection of Shading engine {shading_engine}. Will use this shader."
)
shader_inputs = ai_shader_inputs

However, it may also make sense to do an additional check here instead: so that it's collected separately?

How would you imagine the implementation of the enhancemenent?

No response

Describe alternatives you've considered:

No response

Additional context:

link to discussion on Discord
(might be a private channel)

This issue was automatically created from Clickup ticket AY-7110