I created a model at work in Maya 2009 but the CoD4 exporter doesn't seem to do anything.
It's installed correctly (I think) because the new entry in the toolbar appeared after I changed maya.env and usersetup.mel.
Also, I copied the .mll files to bin/plug-ins (not sure it's the right location, though).

Does anyone use another version of Maya (a newer one than 8.5) and has managed to export ?

does it say "Successfully..." in maya console after export or is the menu not even visible?

if it says successful... then you should have a closer look at the console and find out the export path. there's a bug causing weird export paths and names.

if the menu isn't visible but everything set up correctly, then the plugins might not work with maya 2009 but i'm pretty sure others got it working...

The problem is that the plugins (mll) don't even load. I've tried setting them to Auto-Load, but still nothing.

I've tried with Maya 8.5 and it works like a charm.

So it was a version problem.

I have the same problem, I get a message in the bottom right saying something like "Failed to load blabla".

Friend of mine has the same version of Maya and it works fine with him.

afaik the cod plugins for cod4 and codwaw ONLY work on Maya 8.5

in case Maya complains about MLL version: it's possible to hack the script to make it look like written for a different version...

Is there an updated tutorial on how to prepare your files for use (Maya 8.5) I'm using a CoD4 tutorial and it might be that this is why I can't get my exporters to work, I have lots of problems with TOXEC so I really want to use the Maya exporters..

If anyone could explain it in short it would be greatly appreciated.

But what game are you modelling for ?

This is how I did it:

- extracted the .mll files from [root]\bin\maya\tools\Maya8_Plugins.zip

- added this to My Documents\maya\8.5\maya.env
of course, you'll have to change the path to where your CoD4 install directory is

MAYA_SCRIPT_PATH  = D:\Steam\steamapps\common\call of duty 4\bin\maya\tools
MAYA_PLUG_IN_PATH = D:\Steam\steamapps\common\call of duty 4\bin\maya\tools

- created a file called usersetup.mel in My Documents\maya\8.5\scripts which contains

source CODToolsMenu;
CODStartup;
CODToolsMenu;

And that's about it. You could open the Plugins menu and see if the .mlls have loaded correctly.

jeannotvb writes...

If you own CODWAW i would suggest using their Plugins instead - They work fine for COD4 anims/models and are a lot more stable.

cskiller86 writes...

I model with 3ds Max then import it as .obj to Maya 8.5 - here I want to export it to CoD:WaW
Problem is I can't load the exporters, more people have this problem and I assumed this is because I'm using a CoD4 tutorial for setting up exporters meant for WaW.