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+import os
+import types
+
+import maya.cmds as cmds
+
+import pyblish.api
+import pype.api
+import pype.maya.action
+
+
+class ValidateAssRelativePaths(pyblish.api.InstancePlugin):
+    """Ensure exporting ass file has set relative texture paths"""
+
+    order = pype.api.ValidateContentsOrder
+    hosts = ['maya']
+    families = ['ass']
+    label = "ASS has relative texture paths"
+    actions = [pype.api.RepairAction]
+
+    def process(self, instance):
+        # we cannot ask this until user open render settings as
+        # `defaultArnoldRenderOptions` doesn't exists
+        try:
+            relative_texture = cmds.getAttr(
+                "defaultArnoldRenderOptions.absolute_texture_paths")
+            relative_procedural = cmds.getAttr(
+                "defaultArnoldRenderOptions.absolute_procedural_paths")
+            texture_search_path = cmds.getAttr(
+                "defaultArnoldRenderOptions.tspath"
+            )
+            procedural_search_path = cmds.getAttr(
+                "defaultArnoldRenderOptions.pspath"
+            )
+        except ValueError:
+            assert False, ("Can not validate, render setting were not opened "
+                           "yet so Arnold setting cannot be validate")
+
+        scene_dir, scene_basename = os.path.split(cmds.file(q=True, loc=True))
+        scene_name, _ = os.path.splitext(scene_basename)
+        project_root = "{}{}{}".format(
+            os.environ.get("AVALON_PROJECTS"),
+            os.path.sep,
+            os.environ.get("AVALON_PROJECT")
+        )
+        assert self.maya_is_true(relative_texture) is not True, \
+            ("Texture path is set to be absolute")
+        assert self.maya_is_true(relative_procedural) is not True, \
+            ("Procedural path is set to be absolute")
+
+        texture_search_path = texture_search_path.replace("\\", "/")
+        procedural_search_path = procedural_search_path.replace("\\", "/")
+        project_root = project_root.replace("\\", "/")
+
+        assert project_root in texture_search_path, \
+            ("Project root is not in texture_search_path")
+        assert project_root in procedural_search_path, \
+            ("Project root is not in procedural_search_path")
+
+    @classmethod
+    def repair(cls, instance):
+        texture_search_path = cmds.getAttr(
+            "defaultArnoldRenderOptions.tspath"
+        )
+        procedural_search_path = cmds.getAttr(
+            "defaultArnoldRenderOptions.pspath"
+        )
+
+        project_root = "{}{}{}".format(
+            os.environ.get("AVALON_PROJECTS"),
+            os.path.sep,
+            os.environ.get("AVALON_PROJECT"),
+        ).replace("\\", "/")
+
+        cmds.setAttr("defaultArnoldRenderOptions.tspath",
+                     project_root + os.pathsep + texture_search_path,
+                     type="string")
+        cmds.setAttr("defaultArnoldRenderOptions.pspath",
+                     project_root + os.pathsep + procedural_search_path,
+                     type="string")
+        cmds.setAttr("defaultArnoldRenderOptions.absolute_procedural_paths",
+                     False)
+        cmds.setAttr("defaultArnoldRenderOptions.absolute_texture_paths",
+                     False)
+
+    def maya_is_true(self, attr_val):
+        """
+        Whether a Maya attr evaluates to True.
+        When querying an attribute value from an ambiguous object the
+        Maya API will return a list of values, which need to be properly
+        handled to evaluate properly.
+        """
+        if isinstance(attr_val, types.BooleanType):
+            return attr_val
+        elif isinstance(attr_val, (types.ListType, types.GeneratorType)):
+            return any(attr_val)
+        else:
+            return bool(attr_val)