The world needs a Maya script for creating hair for games

rayle1112 · Oct 2016

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=phanI1WkWgU
This is an inhouse Maya script developed by Airship Image. Read more here: http://airship-images.com/division-hair-breakdown/

Making hair for games is always a pain in the ass, and time consuming. A script like this would save a lot of time for artists. So please tech artists

help us! I'm willing to sell my soul to buy this script.

furiouslul · Oct 2016

Won't the ribbon tool (I.e., in Maya bonus tools) do the same thing in regards to getting the cards? Or am I missing something

https://youtu.be/1Fs6rle_IbE?t=219 <-- for e.g.

Fansub · Oct 2016

Working on it

nothing groundbreaking but will certainly make things faster.It uses the same technique as my tool Quick Pipe in regards to creating the geometry, but i made it more flexible for hair workflows.

Might be released in a month or two, not 100% sure on it right now.I'm looking for some head samples with different hearstyles so if you're interested in the tool and think you can give me a head (in FBX.will only use it for prototyping) model that would be great !

rayle1112 · Oct 2016

Fansub said:

Working on it nothing groundbreaking but will certainly make things faster.It uses the same technique as my tool Quick Pipe in regards to creating the geometry, but i made it more flexible for hair workflows.

Might be released in a month or two, not 100% sure on it right now.I'm looking for some head samples with different hearstyles so if you're interested in the tool and think you can give me a head (in FBX.will only use it for prototyping) model that would be great !

I'm glad to hear that you are working on it! I love your Shapeshifter man

If you need a tester or models to test, drop me a line via facebook.

https://www.facebook.com/ray.le.1112

throttlekitty · Oct 2016

There is/was a set called AM Tools that had a ribbon-style approach similar to this, though I can't find a link for it, and it doesn't work in 2016+. Looks pretty close to what's shown in the video and was pretty simple; curve-based, had base/tip controls for twist and taper. That's something the bonus tool ribbon doesn't do.

I'm looking for a good replacement for it, it was a handy workflow.

Fansub · Oct 2016

@throttlekitty you mean ADN Modeler Tools ? that one doesn't have it, but Quick Pipe does.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5cYdmc7iOs

@rayle1112 oh looks like we're already friends on facebook

Will send you a PM once i have more time to prototype

throttlekitty · Oct 2016

@Fansub No, it was a different set of scripts (that I finally dropped in favor of yours because both script folders were named amtools). All I can find right now is the documentation for it.

jRocket · Oct 2016

GMH2?
http://www.thundercloud-studio.com/shops/gmh2/

rayle1112 · Oct 2016

jRocket said:

GMH2?
http://www.thundercloud-studio.com/shops/gmh2/

GMH2 is a plugin to do hair texture, not creating hair cards.

The world needs a Maya script for creating hair for games

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