api.OpenMaya.MDGContext error 2020

[juan c]

hi

i am trying to get some value at time:

from maya.api import OpenMaya
time = OpenMaya.MTime(20)
context = OpenMaya.MDGContext(time)
node_obj = OpenMaya.MSelectionList().add('persp').getDependNode(0)
node = OpenMaya.MFnDependencyNode(node_obj)
plug = node.findPlug('tx', False)
value = plug.asMDistance(context)

this freezes maya for a second or two and spits out this error:

# sys:1: DeprecationWarning: Call MPlug::asType() instead. If needed, use MDGContextGuard switch context.

it works fine on older maya versions, and using the old api.

any ideas?
cheers!

[vince touache]

super weird, it seems to work fine on 2022, meaning it might not be an actual deprecation warning. Any chance you can try it with a newer version of maya ?

[juan c]

i have only got 2020 unfortunately. api version 20200405.

i suppose it's good news that it's not happening on 2022, but i would be curious to get some ideas on why it's failing here.

i am resorting to checking maya version and setting the context as current, in case it's 2020... which is less than ideal.

thanks for checking!