Maya Python Script With Egg

Scripting Issues
1

I know there is a GUI maya egg exporter. I’m exporting a level within maya and want to export .eggs within the script. Is there a way to get a hold of the panda egg conversion code within panda?

2

I believe the mayaegg interfaces are not exposed to Python. You can however call maya2egg on the commandline:

import os
os.system("maya2egg2008 file.ma file.egg")

I’m not sure, but I think you can also directly specify a maya file in a loader.loadModel call. This way is not preferred however.

3

Well I really need to automate the export process. Can I not include the .dll of the maya egg GUI converter in my python code, and get access to it?

-Shawn

4

The maya exporter GUI script basically calls the maya2egg2008 exporter program so doing it via the system call would get you the same results as the GUI script.

5

convert once use the eggs after words - you dont need the maya2egg tool with your game then?