Autodesk profite du SIGGRAPH pour mettre à jour Maya LT, qui passe en version 2017, ainsi que Stingray.
Rappelons que Maya LT est une version allégée de Maya destinée au secteur du jeu vidéo ; Stingray, de son côté, est un moteur 3D temps réel.
Voici les principales avancées :
Maya LT proposera désormais un time editor, outil qui facilitera l’animation de personnages complexes. Les outils d’animation ont été améliorés, et l’interface est plus facilement personnalisable avec un système d’espaces de travail.
D’autres améliorations moins importantes sont présentes :
— An updated graph editor has many new features including a UI/UX refresh that simplifies day-to-day tasks.
— Shape authoring tool improvements in Maya LT provide artists with more control to create, tweak, and correct animations in a very detailed way.
— Viewport 2.0 improvements facilitate faster selection performance for scenes with large numbers of nodes and scenes containing hidden objects.
— Vertex order transfers and corrections make it easier to work between different game creation tools, without losing data as an asset moves through the pipeline.
On trouvera sur la page produit plus de détails.
Stingray, lui, passe en version 1.4. Il se dote de nouvelles capacités en réalité virtuelle, gère WebGL2 et renforce ses liens avec Maya LT :
— The Stingray 1.4 release offers improved VR capabilities and enhanced connectivity with Maya LT, facilitating a powerful art-to-engine workflow for game developers.
— Improved support for VR platforms includes compatibility with the Oculus Rift SDK v1.3 and the SteamVR SDK v0.9.19.
— Flow scripting for HTC Vive controllers offers a faster and more efficient way to add interactivity to VR experiences, while simplifying the process for designers to create and test their prototypes.
— Unique to Stingray, support for WebGL2 enables developers to test their projects on WebGL2 supported browsers.
— Level sync, with Maya LT, enables artists to link and export entire scenes directly to Stingray. This creates an easier way to build, iterate, review and change game levels and design scenes, without having to manually reproduce layouts in two tools.
— Easier asset share between different Stingray projects further benefits collaborative work environments.
— NavMesh improvements for better AI behavior.
— Edit UV scale and offset values in materials exported from Maya LT allows users to continue edit UV tiling in Stingray.
Là encore, la page produit d’Autodesk donnera plus d’informations.
Maya LT 2017 est d’ores et déjà disponible sous souscription ; cette souscription inclut l’accès à Stingray.
