So I finally got it working thanks to you guys, and I am going to write what I had to do for anybody in the future, who tries to do this with maya. So I had to use the color set editor like Cheese on toast said. But first I have to add a color set just RGB, because the alpha setting will not let you use the vertex paint…
Could you possibly detail the process step by step? Im confused as to what colors sets to use. Is it RBG + RGBA or RGB + Alpha set? I used RGB + Alpha (I think) but can't get it to work. The blend layer shows up but not where I paint and enabling Vertex Colors in CryEngine only shows black as the examples I've seen show…