From b37359979cd9f52034f77e5df250e7cefe535877 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ondrej Samohel <ondrej.samohel@orbi.tools>
Date: Wed, 1 Feb 2023 12:38:02 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] :recycle: force modules to sys.path

---
 openpype/hosts/max/startup/startup.py | 18 ++++++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/openpype/hosts/max/startup/startup.py b/openpype/hosts/max/startup/startup.py
index 37bcef5db1..21da115baa 100644
--- a/openpype/hosts/max/startup/startup.py
+++ b/openpype/hosts/max/startup/startup.py
@@ -1,6 +1,20 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-from openpype.hosts.max.api import MaxHost
-from openpype.pipeline import install_host
+import os
+import sys
+
+# this might happen in some 3dsmax version where PYTHONPATH isn't added
+# to sys.path automatically
+try:
+    from openpype.hosts.max.api import MaxHost
+    from openpype.pipeline import install_host
+except (ImportError, ModuleNotFoundError):
+
+    for path in os.environ["PYTHONPATH"].split(os.pathsep):
+        if path and path not in sys.path:
+            sys.path.append(path)
+
+    from openpype.hosts.max.api import MaxHost
+    from openpype.pipeline import install_host
 
 host = MaxHost()
 install_host(host)