Add the menu on plugin load. Initialize optionVars on first run

Author: tbttfox

scripts/BlurRelax/menu.py

@@ -162,6 +162,7 @@ def get_create_command_kwargs():
     return kwargs
 
 
+
 def display_blur_relax_options(*args, **kwargs):
     cmds.loadPlugin('BlurRelax', qt=True)
     layout = mel.eval('getOptionBox')
@@ -175,6 +176,9 @@ def display_blur_relax_options(*args, **kwargs):
         except RuntimeError:
             pass
 
+    if not cmds.optionVar(exists=BORDER_DDL):
+        init_option_vars()
+
     pinBehaviors = ["None", "Pin", "Slide"]
 
     cmds.optionMenu(BORDER_DDL, label="Border Behavior")
@@ -311,6 +315,19 @@ def reset_to_defaults(*args, **kwargs):
     cmds.floatSliderGrp(DELTA_SLD, edit=True, value=1.0)
 
 
+def init_option_vars():
+    """Initialize the option vars the first time the ui is run"""
+    cmds.optionVar(intValue=(BORDER_DDL, 1))
+    cmds.optionVar(intValue=(HARD_DDL, 0))
+    cmds.optionVar(intValue=(GROUP_DDL, 0))
+    cmds.optionVar(intValue=(REPROJ_CHK, 0))
+    cmds.optionVar(intValue=(DELTA_CHK, 0))
+    cmds.optionVar(floatValue=(REPROJ_SLD, 1.0))
+    cmds.optionVar(floatValue=(PRESERVE_VOL_SLD, 0.0))
+    cmds.optionVar(floatValue=(ITERATIONS_SLD, 10.0))
+    cmds.optionVar(floatValue=(DELTA_SLD, 1.0))
+
+
 def get_wrap_node_from_object(obj):
     """Get a wrap node from the selected geometry."""
     if cmds.nodeType(obj) == 'BlurRelax':

src/pluginRegister.cpp

@@ -30,8 +30,11 @@ MStatus initializePlugin(MObject obj) {
 	MStatus result;
 	MFnPlugin plugin(obj, "Blur Studio", "1.0", "Any");
 	result = plugin.registerNode(DEFORMER_NAME, BlurRelax::id, BlurRelax::creator, BlurRelax::initialize, MPxNode::kDeformerNode);
-	MGlobal::executeCommand("makePaintable -attrType \"multiFloat\" -sm \"deformer\" \"" DEFORMER_NAME "\" \"weights\";");
-
+	if (MGlobal::mayaState() == MGlobal::kInteractive) {
+		MGlobal::executeCommand("makePaintable -attrType \"multiFloat\" -sm \"deformer\" \"" DEFORMER_NAME "\" \"weights\";");
+		MGlobal::executePythonCommandOnIdle("import BlurRelax.menu");
+		MGlobal::executePythonCommandOnIdle("BlurRelax.menu.create_menuitems()");
+	}
 	return result;
 }
 
@@ -41,4 +44,3 @@ MStatus uninitializePlugin(MObject obj) {
 	result = plugin.deregisterNode(BlurRelax::id);
 	return result;
 }
-