State vector in maya?

[Anonymous]

Hi!

I used to be a hardcore C4D user but recently switched over to maya.
One thing I miss at the moment is the state vector node from cinema.

With this node I could create gradient mask that derive from object space positions or vectors. Don't really know the mechanics behind it.
I only know that I miss it in Maya :).

Anyone found it?

Cheers,

Rik

[Stephen.Blair]

aiStateVector

It's there. Unless you're using a version of MtoA older than 2.1.0.2

[Anonymous]

is this added in a later version?
I'm running the old arnold core 5.0.2.1 due to having a custom alembic pipeline.

[Anonymous · Accepted solution]

You just have to unhide it from the mtoa.mtd file (C:\solidangle\mtoadeploy\2018\plug-ins)
look for: [node state_vector]
and change the word "true" to "false"

[node state_vector]
maya.hide BOOL false
maya.id INT 0x00115D93
maya.name STRING "aiStateVector"
maya.classification STRING "utility/shader"

[Stephen.Blair]

It was exposed 11 months ago.