Megascans Plugin for Maya - Custom Installation

If the current installation process in Bridge isn’t suitable for your pipeline, you can download the plugin manually as follows.

1. Download the link from here: WINDOWS   |   MAC   |   LINUX
2. Extract the MSLivelink folder from the .zip file to your desired location.
3. From the MSLivelink folder extracted above, copy the modules folder and paste it at the following location (depending on your OS):
   • Windows: C:\Users\<user>\Documents\maya
   • Mac OS: ~home/Library/Preferences/Autodesk/maya
   • Linux: Home/maya OR Computer/home/<Username>/maya
4. Now open this modules folder, there will be a quixel.mod file in it, open the file in a notepad and change the path to the location of your extracted plugin. Example shown below:

+ PLATFORM:<platform name>  Megascans 1.0  <address><plugin version>/MSLiveLink 

scripts: <address><plugin version>/MSLiveLink

5. Open Bridge, and in the Local filter click on the asset you want to export.

6. Go to the asset’s Export Settings, select Custom Socket Export from the Export Target drop-down.
7. Set the Socket Port field to 13291.
8. Go back to the asset details panel, click Export and your asset should appear in Maya.