Installing Ragdoll for Maya

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Hi, I have tried to download the Maya ragdoll file and I get a Windows Installer, that is creating the Ragdoll folder, but half of the things are missing from it, like the \bin folder. When I download Blender version, all works just fine and the file comes as a zip file instead of just windows installer. Could anyone please help fixing it. Because my Maya sees the ragdoll plugin, but when I click load I have an error like this: The specified module could not be found.

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Hi @Sofi, welcome to the forums! :partying_face:

I can see that you are getting help on Discord, feel free to carry on there. Also cross-referencing this thread which seems similar and also involves OneDrive.

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Solved on Discord. :+1:

To summarise the issue for future internet searches:

  • The installation path for Ragdoll for Maya on Windows is the ~\Documents\maya\modules directory.
  • The is a default directory for Maya to look for modules/plug-ins
  • Somehow, the default had changed to not consider this folder, but the ~\Documents\modules folder instead.

So moving the Ragdoll-* folder and Ragdoll-*.mod file to this folder instead made Maya able to spot it.

Another alternative is to explicitly add the parent folder of the Ragdoll plug-in to the MAYA_MODULE_PATH prior to launching Maya. It’s common for this variable to have multiple paths in it, with various sources of Maya modules/plug-ins.