Maya LT removes the ability to use the scale constraint. This is a huge problem considering game characters could really use this in numerous ways. I dont need all the fancy stuff normal Maya has, but removing a constraint option seems silly and without proper reason. How do you make a jiggly blob scale in and out? how do you make eyes animate that might be cartoonish in nature? These things are impossible without that scale constraint option in place. Show More

(Copied from original User Voice forum)   "Many engines, markets and more are increasingly reliant on COLLADA (.dae) format for uploading and working with files within that engine. Maya LT currently exports to FBX which can supposedly be changed over to DAE format with the FBX converter, but I've found that doing this severely compromises the normals and sometimes the actual geometry of the models exported. " Show More

(Copied from original User Voice forum)   "As I've been working with friends/colleagues who have the full version of maya to say - check my work on my rig etc (since I'm a noob) it would be super useful if there was an easy and quick way to just export back to Maya full since they have access to that. I could also see this being an issue if say I get contract work or indy game work for a client where I'm expected to do some work for them but they are using Maya Full." Show More

(Copied from original User Voice forum) 1. Restore the functioning of "Fopen", "Fwrite" and "Fprint" to reflect the Maya full version (for script compatibility reasons) 2. Authorize the Usage of the Function "System"" Show More

Background: My old Mac OS modeling program is no longer supported and won't run on the most recent system versions. I need a new modeler. I was looking into Maya or Maya LT as a possibility.   But here's the problem: when I export objects from the old program as .obj files and then try to import them into Maya LT, Maya LT acts as if the .obj files contain no data.    I ran into the same problem with Blender. Someone on a forum there said that my problem is that the .obj files created by my old modeler uses carriage returns as a delimiter instead of new line. He said the files could be edited in a text editor to correct that, but that's just Greek to me. An app called Cheetah3D is the only one I've found so far that will open my .obj files. I had hoped Maya LT would do it, but no such luck.   I don't like the look of Cheetah3D's interface and I'm not sure I want to use it, but unless I can get these .obj files to open somewhere, somehow, I may be stuck.   Does anyone know to find/replace \r with \n in a text editor that will work with binary files?   I figure the chances of Autodesk creating a fix is pretty much zero. Show More

Hi,   I think this is a very important feature for indie game developers in general, and most specifically, for those using Apple's SceneKit engine for iOS and MacOS games. The easiest way to import assets directly into the XCode SceneKit editor is by using the .dae file format, which MAYA LT does not support as a direct export option (I know the full version of MAYA does).   Currently, we have three options:   Export asset from MAYA LT as FBX v.2013, and use the FBX Converter to convert the file to DAE. Export asset as OBJ, then import it into FBX Converter, convert to FBX, re-import the converted file and finally convert it to DAE. Phew! Use an external solution (BLENDER) to import the FBX file and convert it to DAE. Options 1 and 2 severely disrupt the workflow. Sometimes the conversion process has errors and the converted file gets corrupted. Also, the FBX Converter is clearly old software, and though it mostly works, it seems that it hasn't been updated for a long time. For example, the UI looks awfully pixelated when used in a mac with Retina display, or a 4K external monitor.   Option 3 mostly removes the need to use MAYA LT at all. I mean, if I need to open Blender in order to do the file format conversion (which it does mostly right), maybe it would be quicker to do all the work in Blender. I much prefer to work with MAYA LT, but I think you get my point.   So, my suggestion is: Please implement a DAE/Collada option in the MAYA LT Game Exporter. It would definitely speed up the workflow for a lot of indie game developers that currently can't afford the full version of MAYA, or don't need all the features of the full version.   Thanks for your attention, Luis Show More

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(Copied from original User Voice forum)   "A reflection probe directly inside Maya LT will be a very useful tool for PBR texturing and look development." Show More

(Copied from original User Voice forum)   "I got Maya LT from Steam about 3 weeks ago and started going through some easy to follow tutorials from Autodesk, the 101s and the a few modeling (of the cat). 2 or 3 days ago steam auto updated me to 2016. (I wish I could go back until there was more help out for 2016.) The shape geometry is moved. There is not more "normals" in the hot box. I can't shape a square on the subdivision levels (when you make it a sphere). I'm not saying this is broken i'm just saying I want some simple how-to videos like you had for 2015 to get me started." Show More

(Copied from original User Voice forum)   "Maya LT needs a move option like UE4. When you hold Shift + move tool, the camera follows the object when moving it with the move tool." Show More

(Copied from original User Voice forum)   "Maya LT supports only "Send to Unreal" and "Send to Unity" plugins. CryENGINE is one of the best tool for game development. But, Maya LT and CryENGINE can not work together because unfortunately, Maya LT does not support third-part plugins." Show More

the idea from :  https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/maya-ideas/modern-3d-paint-toolset/idi-p/7957394 its important as indie developers we need a modern paint tool specially with hand-painting style. Yeah this will be nice for Maya Lt.  I want to spend painting in Maya rather than other software like about 80% Maya or 100% and 20% Photoshop.    this is just example interface and how will be easy to use when painting.  *Paint tool : brush - eraser - gradient - fill - color picker - selection etc... *Color : colors - swatches  *Brushes + Brush settings : pressure for opacity,flow and size, etc... *Texture editor : able to paint on it or fill color on UV island *Layers : able to save it as psd or send to Photoshop  *Quick Baking Ambient occlusion  *Alignment : Tangent Wrap-Tangent Planer -UV-Camera ------- Maya have problems in sharp area or low poly when painting on it :      so I hope this tool enhance so it become a good tool for painting especially for stylize painting. other Example : blender: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jOqdTELcL24   bodypaint / cinema4d : https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=58&v=6AZmB5LB0-s   3Dcoat :  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXT6m3e0rFA   Show More

Hi, The people at Looking Glass have created a holgraphic display. They also did work on making this hardware usable as a viewport for Maya. Having this holographic viewport available would augment the modeling and animation workflow in Maya LT. They already are in advanced stages of development of the plugin for Maya. Support from Autodesk could bring this feature to Maya LT. Show More

I am a hobbyist and I find it very frustrating that if I make a text sign in maya and bring it over to blender to  change the file type  to bring it into secondlife, blender breaks my mesh. I find that indeed I cannot make it in maya I need to  learn how to make a  text  mesh sign in blender instead. If maya lt had an exporter I would be able to use maya lt. I have spend 6 years learning maya but I am a hobbyist. we need Dae files in secondlife I have  been in secondlife for 15 years. more and more I am being forced to use blender. I find also that most of my friends in secondlife that do mesh are using blender because of that.  Even tho Maya lt is now affordable to use  we still  cannot get our meshes into secondlife without  bringing them into blender to convert and more and more of my firends are learning blender cause simple things we need to do  like make hair or plants isnt  available to us and so we learn  how more and more in blender. and to us maya lt is becoming more and more obsolete, and unusable. Show More