A downloadable tool for Windows, macOS, and Linux

A very useful but unglamorous tool, a "dropper" is a simple level editor that lets you position objects in 3D space and then writes all the positions/rotations/etc. to an easily parsed text file. Your game can then read this file to put everything in the same place.

This is a Python script that allows you to use Maya as a dropper. It will export any custom attributes that you set, plus you can choose either JSON or XML for the output format.


Note that I also wrote a dropper script for Blender:

https://jhocking.itch.io/dropper-for-blender

https://github.com/jhocking/dropper-maya_blender

More information
StatusReleased
CategoryTool
PlatformsWindows, macOS, Linux
Authorjhocking
Made withMaya
Tagsdropper, export, exporter, Level Editor, maya, python
Code licenseMIT License

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Download
dropper4maya.zip 22 kB

Install instructions

by Joseph Hocking www.newarteest.com
MIT license


written in Maya 2017
open in Script Editor window, then Execute


Saves info about objects in the scene:
name, position, rotation, scale, custom attributes
(ignore objects with ~[ somewhere in the name)
Select either XML or JSON for the data format.

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