You have NightshadeUV that has some tools to orient uv shell and straighten uv pretty fast and is up to date.. http://www.creativecrash.com/maya/script/nightshade-uv-editor
.xsi isn't in my list of export filetypes. Is there a plugin somewhere? I looked on script spot, and dis a quick search on google, but I didn't spend much time or effort on it.
To animate Groucho, I used motion puppet, Direct puppet, motion layer and then I got onto the facial animation layers and used create a script and layers of Avatar Controller.
The publisher demanded it and put it in the contract. The developer had to stick to the contract. It also included plugins and scripts. The publisher claimed it would create liabilities. Can't say much more than that.
Exactly, I needed to change the font size. When i used the script it allowed me to change any of the standard fields apart of the text spline like font and size
This script is for 2.79. You're trying to load it in 2.80. If you want to set up Maya nav then check this vid. It's for 2.79, but is applicable to 2.80. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12fqTUyDts0
also I don't think its missing materials because even though it becomes grainy when I change it from scripting to animation it shows my materials in textures
color the convex edges white and the concave edges black and the rest 50% grey and use that as a curvature map in ddo. for max there are scripts that can help with that - no idea about modo though.
Q6600 (Still a beast!) 8gb DDR2 ram 560ti Don't run into any issues. Mainly spend time doing scripting/playing with shaders nowadays. Running Maya 2012.