Maya integration

[jagger]

Hi, I just want to know when we will have a final or advanced version of the plugin. (just curiosity)
And will be Udims, Bifrost and Xgen supported?

Thanks! Cant wait to use this!

[haggi]

Udims, Bifrost are already supported, well bifrost only as polymesh, but with motionblur in vertex colors.

Could you please define "advanced"?

[jagger]

I mean something like the current c4d version. So xgen is not but will be? and volumes/fire?

thanks

[haggi]

I definitly plan to implment XGen, but it is a bit complicated, so I cannot say when it will happen. If you mean fluids with "volumes/fire", then no. Corona renderer itself cannot yet do this kind of volumetric rendering as much as I know. But as soon as it is available, I'll implement it.

[Hamburger]

jagger, this is still in closed beta so a while. It is progressing nicely though - haggi doing a fantastic job!

[hugojackson18]

Hey Haggi, you said UDIMs were supported.

I've tried using the UDIM option in maya 2015, and it doesn't seem to work.

Is there something specific to do, or a specific file type to use?

Thanks =)

[haggi]

I suppose you tried to use udims in the form filename_u<x>_v<y>.ext how they are used by Zbrush? This format is not yet recognized. At the moment only mari nomenclature filename_1001.ext or Mudbox filename_u0v0.ext are supported. The other will come soon.

[hugojackson18]

No I was trying Mari UDIMs, But they were in the middle of the filename, I will try to put them as _1001.ext and see how that works!

[haggi]

Ah, I didn't know that such a name is created by Mari. Can you give me the exact file name of such a file? Maybe it is not too complicated to support it.

[hugojackson18]

It didn't come out of Mari, I'm just using the Mari type of Udim to name my textures. It's definitely not a problem to rename them for me.

I usually name my files this way
Stanmore_1001_ALBEDO.tga

But as long as I know that the way to call them is like this for it to work, I will do this from now on.
Stanmore_ALBEDO_1001.tga

[haggi]

Yes, but as long as maya itself recognizes it as UDIM, mayaToCorona should recognize it as well.