which fps game engine works best with maya?

malcolm

Does anyone have any opinions about which fps engine seamlessly integrates into a maya pipeline and workflow? I'm looking to make a city type level with buildings you can enter.

scanning_factor

Id say Unreal. I've been using Unreal and maya together for quite a while and i've never had any problems at least on the modeling and texturing side.

malcolm

How is the lighting in that engine, do you have to bake, or do you get real time feedback? And what version supports Maya, are you using ut2k4 or does one come with pharia or unreal 2? How can I get the editor.

JKMakowka

bake, comes with UT2004

MoP

Unreal Editor's in-engine lighting is pretty good, and the game ships with Maya PLE so it must be geared up for working with Maya, I guess.

Ryno

The Unreal 3 engine rocks. Learn the older version, which is similar in workflow so that you'll be ready for the new one when it comes out. The lighting, material editor, and particles are just sick.