AdvancedSkeleton Playground

TRY IT LOCALLY (WINDOWS)

Double-click Start Playground.cmd. It finds Maya's bundled Python, or an
installed Python, starts a server on your computer and opens your browser.
Keep the launcher window open while playing. Close it to stop the preview.
Maya itself can be closed. No website upload or internet hosting is needed.

Keep the viewer files together. Double-clicking index.html directly will not
work: browsers restrict loading the viewer's JavaScript and assets via file://.

If the launcher cannot find Python, install Maya or Python on that computer.
For a manual preview, run this from the viewer folder:
  "<Maya installation>/bin/mayapy.exe" preview.py
or, with Python installed:
  python preview.py

The preview opened by the export button inside Maya is a separate option;
that preview stops when Maya closes.

UPLOAD TO A WEBSITE

Upload the contents of viewer into your chosen website folder, keeping its
folder structure. Keep index.html, all runtime JavaScript and CSS, assets/,
vendor/, and the included license/third-party notices.

You can omit these local-preview and diagnostic files from the upload:
  Start Playground.cmd
  Start Playground.ps1
  preview.py
  preview-runtime.json
  README.txt
  export-report.json

Open the website URL of the uploaded folder. Visitors need only a supported
browser: no Maya, Python, Blender, account, or installation is required.
The sibling exports/ folder contains FBX sources, textures, a manifest and
an export log. It is not needed to play the viewer and should not be uploaded.
Nothing is uploaded automatically by AdvancedSkeleton.

PROTOTYPE LIMITATIONS

Linear skinning with up to four influences per vertex; approximate material
conversion; baked joint animation only. Maya rig controls, arbitrary deformers
and animated blend shapes are not exported. Browser IK and ragdoll use
independent approximate solvers; unusual proportions may need tuning.
Deformation and shading are not guaranteed to match Maya pixel for pixel.
See export-report.json for this character's conversion details and warnings.
