MESA

Not to be confused with Black Mesa (Third-party remake of Half-Life).

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Description

MESA 2.0 is a suite of MEL Scripts to export and import 3d models for the Valve Source Engine with Autodesk Maya. This is the short name for Maya Exporter for Source Absolute.

The objective of MESA, is about to make the full asset creation process within Maya interface. It includes static, physics, breakable, dynamic and ragdoll models, and supported bodygroups , It become easy to use maya to export to the source engine the NPCs (Monsters and Humanoid), Vehicles, Weapons and Items for your game.

MESA is Mel scripts bases exporter and importer Tools. This scripts are the rewritten / edited Scripts from Valve, and originally designed for maya 4.5, that was also deeply rewritten by Prall .

MESA is compatible with all recent version of Maya ( 2011/2012/2013/2014 with x86 and x64 bits )

Download MESA

MESA - Maya Exporter for Source Absolute

Release Date	MESA Version	Download Link	Compatibility
04 Nov 2015	MESA v2.1	MESA v 2.1	Tested on x86 and x64 version of : Maya 2016 Maya 2015 Maya 2014 Maya 2013 Maya 2012 Maya 2011
06 Oct 2013	MESA v2.0	MESA v 2.0 (396ko)
23 Apr 2013	MESA v1.1	MESA v 1.1 (127ko)

Documentation

Features list The main interest of MESA exporter, is the easy way to compile and convert the assets in few clicks within Maya Interface. Support / Usage Documentation Maya Workspace SMD Import SMD Export SMD Animations LODS ( level of detail ) Physic / Ragdoll Model VTA export Ref break Phys_break BodyGroups QC export VMT export VTF Export MDL Compile Install Guide : Installation Guide MESA Setup Project Setup How the resource must to be structured How to install the MESA shelf manually Verify the user environment variables Export Guide : Export Guide Installation Video Tutorials Export Video Tutorials Issues and Common Errors StudioMDL common errors Dota 2 Assets Creation Guide Maya Setting for Source Create Source Engine Mod Links MESA - Maya Exporter for Source Assets