From 96cbbeb823809ae68071a883f19b877d0cd7452e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jakub Trllo <jakub.trllo@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 9 Feb 2024 17:15:51 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] max 'ValidateAttributes' can use AYON settings

---
 .../plugins/publish/validate_attributes.py    | 22 ++++++++++++++-----
 client/ayon_core/settings/ayon_settings.py    |  8 -------
 2 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

diff --git a/client/ayon_core/hosts/max/plugins/publish/validate_attributes.py b/client/ayon_core/hosts/max/plugins/publish/validate_attributes.py
index 444a8f0829..354539871f 100644
--- a/client/ayon_core/hosts/max/plugins/publish/validate_attributes.py
+++ b/client/ayon_core/hosts/max/plugins/publish/validate_attributes.py
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 """Validator for Attributes."""
+import json
+
 from pyblish.api import ContextPlugin, ValidatorOrder
 from pymxs import runtime as rt
 
@@ -61,9 +63,13 @@ class ValidateAttributes(OptionalPyblishPluginMixin,
 
     @classmethod
     def get_invalid(cls, context):
-        attributes = (
-            context.data["project_settings"]["max"]["publish"]
-                        ["ValidateAttributes"]["attributes"]
+        attributes = json.loads(
+            context.data
+            ["project_settings"]
+            ["max"]
+            ["publish"]
+            ["ValidateAttributes"]
+            ["attributes"]
         )
         if not attributes:
             return
@@ -112,9 +118,13 @@ class ValidateAttributes(OptionalPyblishPluginMixin,
 
     @classmethod
     def repair(cls, context):
-        attributes = (
-            context.data["project_settings"]["max"]["publish"]
-                        ["ValidateAttributes"]["attributes"]
+        attributes = json.loads(
+            context.data
+            ["project_settings"]
+            ["max"]
+            ["publish"]
+            ["ValidateAttributes"]
+            ["attributes"]
         )
         invalid_attributes = cls.get_invalid(context)
         for attrs in invalid_attributes:
diff --git a/client/ayon_core/settings/ayon_settings.py b/client/ayon_core/settings/ayon_settings.py
index 5a1fbfb947..4d79e922b3 100644
--- a/client/ayon_core/settings/ayon_settings.py
+++ b/client/ayon_core/settings/ayon_settings.py
@@ -300,14 +300,6 @@ def _convert_3dsmax_project_settings(ayon_settings, output):
     _convert_host_imageio(ayon_max)
     # --- Publish (START) ---
     ayon_publish = ayon_max["publish"]
-    if "ValidateAttributes" in ayon_publish:
-        try:
-            attributes = json.loads(
-                ayon_publish["ValidateAttributes"]["attributes"]
-            )
-        except ValueError:
-            attributes = {}
-        ayon_publish["ValidateAttributes"]["attributes"] = attributes
 
     if "ValidateLoadedPlugin" in ayon_publish:
         loaded_plugin = (