Unreal Live Link for Autodesk Maya

The plug-in lets you stream data from Autodesk® Maya® to Unreal in real time, allowing you to work on character assets in Maya while seeing a preview of your work inside Unreal as you make changes.

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Description

The Unreal Live Link plug-in makes it possible to stream animation data from Maya to Unreal in real time. Whether you’re working between the two tools in a virtual production environment or building your next game, you can now work on character assets in Maya and see previews of your work reflected immediately in Unreal, as you make changes. 

 

Update October 20, 2023.

Unreal® Live Link for Autodesk® Maya® for UE 5.2 has been recompiled to work with Unreal Engine 5.2. It will NOT work with Unreal Engine 5.1 or earlier, see links below. It works with Autodesk Maya 2022, 2023 and 2024.

 

Note: Due to changes outside of our control, there is a known issue with minor lag occurring when animation is updating in Unreal Engine while scrubbing the timeline in Maya. The workaround is to scrub the timeline in Unreal Engine and the animation will update in both applications without any lag.

Update March 1, 2023

Unreal® Live Link for Autodesk® Maya® for UE 5.1 is a new version of the Live Link plugin that has been recompiled to work with UE 5.1. It will NOT work with older versions of Unreal Engine, see links below.

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Version 1.1

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Version 1.0

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Unreal® Live Link for Autodesk® Maya® for UE 5.2

Linux: https://apps.autodesk.com/MAYA/en/Detail/Index?id=5006514270007871742&os=Linux&appLang=en

Windows: https://apps.autodesk.com/MAYA/en/Detail/Index?id=5006514270007871742&appLang=en&os=Win64

Unreal® Live Link for Autodesk® Maya® for UE 5.1

Linux: https://apps.autodesk.com/MAYA/en/Detail/Index?id=2689106265771258085&os=Linux&appLang=en

Windows: https://apps.autodesk.com/MAYA/en/Detail/Index?id=2689106265771258085&os=Win64&appLang=en

For customers still on Unreal 5.0, the plugins for v2.1 are available at the following links:

Linux: https://apps.autodesk.com/MAYA/en/Detail/Index?id=3726213941804942083&os=Linux&appLang=en

Windows: https://apps.autodesk.com/MAYA/en/Detail/Index?id=3726213941804942083&os=Win64&appLang=en

For customers still on Unreal 4.27, the plugins for v1.1.1 are available at the following links:

Linux: https://apps.autodesk.com/MAYA/en/Detail/Index?id=1997561394223886348&appLang=en&os=Linux

Windows:  https://apps.autodesk.com/MAYA/en/Detail/Index?id=1997561394223886348&appLang=en&os=Win64

 

For more details on how to connect Maya to Unreal, see Connecting Unreal Engine 4 to Maya with Live Link or How to use Unreal® Live Link for Autodesk® Maya® plug-in. To learn more about the plug-in features, see the videos on the Maya Learning channel.

Contact

Company Name: Autodesk, Inc.

Company URL: http://www.autodesk.com/

Support Contact: http://knowledge.autodesk.com/support

Autodesk, Inc.

https://knowledge.autodesk.com/contact-support

Technical Details

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Supported Engine Versions

5.0