MayaFPS: WASD Controls in Maya

Amr0

Hi. I'm an independent programmer, and I'd like to introduce you to MayaFPS. MayaFPS is a plug-in for Autodesk Maya which allows you to navigate the perspective camera using traditional first person shooter controls (WASD+mouse). These controls are especially useful for level designers using Maya and other complex scenes. It's being used by a few well-known game studios as well as individual artists. Have a look:

 
MayaFPS is free for non-commercial use.

Feedback is welcome. I really appreciate the feedback you've given me about Curver, you guys are AWESOME!

ZacD

This is pretty awesome, great if you want to let a friend, that doesn't have any experience with Maya, interact with a project. I'd kinda like to see more engines add a FPS controls mode.

Jeremy Mitchell

Coool plugin! Not to derail your thread, but if you're a Blender user, the latest version of the Fly Cam mode has FPS controls.

[ame]www.youtube.com/watch?v=xcZmyD9jkI4[/ame]

radiancef0rge

A tool very similar was added in 2015
http://help.autodesk.com/view/MAYAUL/2015/ENU/?guid=WalkTool

Amr0

radiancef0rge wrote: »

A tool very similar was added in 2015
http://help.autodesk.com/view/MAYAUL/2015/ENU/?guid=WalkTool

True, but MayaFPS is more versatile and supports older versions of Maya. Also, the Walk Tool requires a shortcut to get into, and a shortcut to get out of, unlike other navigation tools in Maya. This makes it quite inconvenient to use as the main navigation tool while working on a large scene like a game's level. MayaFPS on the other hand is activated by a mouse button and deactivated by releasing that button, so it acts very similar to the "native" navigation tools and will not break the workflow at all.

OptimisticMonkey

Does it work in Maya Lt?

Amr0

MayaLT does not support plugins unfortunately, so no.