2011-01-09, 05:52 PM
now your in MY realm :) Maya will not do any animations that som will understand, it is set into its own formats MA ( Maya Asscii) and MB ( Maya Bininary) , and another thing Maya is not CHEAP AT ALL 4 grand for a production copy:) I used Maya 7 to do my video,)OOOOOLD VERSION) And I used a production copy.... However you can try maya 2011 for 30 days for free to see if you like it..... ( then if your crafty) uninstall clean your registry and install every 30 days:) , but save your time and all else , I use BLENDER and META to model for som, to make cool movies and models that pixar would smile at , use Maya:) Blender and Meta work well together, both can communicate very well, Holy is right , All Maya export properties are 3 rd party, and once again have to be bought or otherwise, so for a small scale build Maya is NOT the way to go:) ......... on the good side of things....... Som animated objects, are nothing more than simple frame based Direct-x Models...... Blender can Make those and export to direct x with no problem at tall......... problem is we have no x to mdl converter yet to make the PRF, and file coexist....... and this has been the issue since John was around:).......... Holy was working on some importer to do that , but I don't know where he stands with it as of now:) but to answer you Ben, Blenders "GAME mode" is the same as ANIMATION" it can exports Frame animation, so once we have an exporter, making animated models at least will be easy..... I got tired of waiting for it, so Now I just work around it, IE like making 2 or three objects that work togther to LOOK animated, takes more room, but saves Headach:) ...........I used Maya for friend to make a cool PRODUCTION grade Clip..... but for SOM it is not gonna do what you , need. For FREE easy frame base animations , please use the all mighty BLENDER:) Hope this helps you my friend:) Will help you set up anything you might help with as well//////////// Feels good to be back with you all:).................ML