Maya 2025 Release and Features

[hagen.deloss]

Hi all,

Maya 2025 released today! For an overview, you can check out the "Whats new in Maya 2025" Video below 😄  

You can find the full documentation here

Improvements include:

• A redesigned Dope Sheet
• A deformation manager
• A Motion Trail Editor
• Smart Extrude
• Bevel improvements
• BOSS (Bifrost Ocean Simulation System)
• Liquid meshing
• LookdevX enhancements 
• MayaUSD 0.27

Let me know if you have any questions!

[damaggio]

Cool new features, thanks Hagen.👍

[Parmenides]

Would love to check it out. Hopefully the 2025 system requirements will be updated soon. 

[oliver_wildt]

Thanks for the update! 

Just one question - the Maya Installer still prompts you to install Rosetta 2 on Apple Silicon. 

Will that be changed? I would have assumed the installer would be updated, since Maya has been on Apple Silicon since last year. 

Hope it is okay to ask this here. 

[strangelaw]

Well, good changes in some key features - would prefer initial version of 2025 to add smart extract as part of normal (w) like shift it has w/extrude already. Just to NOT add custom key 🙂 ...well, anyways - good features.

Now the complaining part: Bifrost and Arnold are pretty much unusable w/GPU render (at least on my rig). Everything should be up to date, newest drivers everywhere and I cannot figure out WHY Maya crashes.

TO reproduce:

1. Basic settings for Arnold w/GPU enabled. 2x AA for camera. Disabled adaptive.

2. Basic cube w/Bifrost aero. Nothing else (just create)

3. 120 frames as default.

4. Skydome enabled

5. Render w/view. Crash.

I mean....simple thing, nothing fancy - just unusable. MANY MANY tickets created already.

[4dshubham]

Great Update😍

[brentmc]

I was told that Rosetta 2 is still required for the MtoA and Substance installers.

[oliver_wildt]

Hi Brent, 

much appreciated to get a response so quickly!

IIRC the prompt was when you click on the Maya installer and before you can select which components to install. 

So no way around it atm. 

Other than that I am really enjoying Maya on my Macbook 

Thanks again for the response 

[gtar3d]

Does Maya 2025 (Indie) include Arnold for batch rendering without watermarks?  I've purchased Maya 2025 Indie, this is not a trial.  Thank you.

I'm currently getting an error when I try to render using Arnold in Maya 2025.  From my mayaRenderLog.txt file:

warning: WARNING | rendering with watermarks because of failed authorization:
00:00:14 1035MB WARNING | rendering with watermarks because of failed authorization:
00:00:14 1035MB | [rlm] error initializing license system:
00:00:14 1035MB | [rlm] * Can't read license data (-102)No such file or directory (errno: 2)
00:00:14 1035MB | [clm.v1] license server was not set (51)
00:00:14 1035MB | [clm.v2] SERVICE (13): entitlement not found
00:00:14 1035MB | environment variables:
00:00:14 1035MB | ARNOLD_LICENSE_ORDER = (not set)
00:00:14 1035MB | ARNOLD_LICENSE_MANAGER = (not set)
00:00:14 1035MB | [rlm] solidangle_LICENSE = (not set)
00:00:14 1035MB | [rlm] RLM_LICENSE = (not set)
00:00:14 1035MB | [clm] ADSKFLEX_LICENSE_FILE = (not set)
00:00:14 1035MB | [clm] LM_LICENSE_FILE = (not set)
00:00:14 1035MB ERROR | aborting render because this is a batch render and abort_on_license_fail option is enabled
Error: line 1: ERROR | aborting render because this is a batch render and abort_on_license_fail option is enabled

[Stephen.Blair]

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@gtar3d wrote:

Does Maya 2025 (Indie) include Arnold for batch rendering without watermarks?  I've purchased Maya 2025 Indie, this is not a trial.  Thank you.

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No, Arnold licenses are a separate purchase. 

Maya and 3ds Max remove the watermark when you render in the user interface (IPR, Render Current Frame, Render Sequence). Batch renders require an Arnold license.