Creating hair with Ahoge in Autodesk Maya

[@tevfikTt9974]

this is the best for maya and for me:)

[@AndraAhi]

This is AMAZING. Looks a lot faster than my xgen workflow. I have to try this.

[@Ro3D_DigitalInsights]

This is AWESOME!!!

[@lolthisnerdsaidmemes]

this looks great.... kudos for keeping it free

[@junechevalier]

Oh my! This looks awesome!

[@noiryork101]

Looks very interesting. Thank you so much!!

[@martina_verde3D]

looks really good!

[@Hoshi_SH]

It's great. XGen was a bit overkill for stills and simple animations. This completely replaces the XGen workflow for me. Thank you so much for making this.

wow, amazing. Can you make a version for Maya 2022?

[@ИльяКальченко-ш2з]

Magic!

[@KongMin223]

very useful!

[@Hawk-hy2vo]

good work

[@skapade2]

Please explain how to install the plugin and can I run on maya 2022??

[@ahoge-plugin]

Here is installation guide ahoge.wiki.gd/en/installation Currently there are versions for Maya 2024 and 2025. Later, I'll try to support more versions with future versions of Ahoge.

[@kodama5048]

Hello, I am using this plugin with interest. However, after running the plugin, the starting point of the hair is reversed. How can this be solved?🙄

[@kodama5048]

There was a friendly way to solve the problem on wiki, thank you!

[@bonu_cha8949]

Amazing🤩 its very usefull for stylized characters hair😁 but can you guys say me can i simulate it 🥺 if i connect ahoge to geometry does it mean geometry movement from based nDynamic or joint is also move ahoge🤔

[@ahoge-plugin]

Yes, ahoge will follow the geometry just fine. There’s currently an issue with playback, it will be fixed in the next release. But, it renders without any problems, and motion blur is also supported.

[@bonu_cha8949]

@ahoge-plugin Brilliant❤️‍🔥

[@LeonardoDevGames]

Excellent plugin!! Can you make a version for Maya 2023? because it will be great for creating metahuman hair. I don't know if it's possible but it would be good.

[@ahoge-plugin]

I'm finishing a new version of Ahoge and will publish it soon. The updated plugin will include color controls, and both color and width will be displayed in the viewport. After that, I'll work on automating the build process for multiple versions of Maya.

[@Mido74242]

Can you add dynamic hair mode in ahoge please😊😊❤

[@ahoge-plugin]

I'm sorry, but I don't understand what 'dynamic hair mode' means. Could you please elaborate? Currently, you can animate hair by rigging the NURBS surfaces, and motion blur is supported, although it hasn't been fully tested yet.

[@Mido74242]

@ahoge-plugin owh okay ☺️

[@ambre_9127]

​Sooo cool !​ It makes me want to try

[@SolarEnergy8888]

It looks really cool! It seems to be more flexible to adjust than traditional hair cards! Is the completed hair model low-poly?

[@ahoge-plugin]

I'm not sure what 'low-poly' means. It can be set up as either low-poly or high-poly.

[@Thee_Ansar]

This is Great however how do i export this to use as hair in unreal engine 5

[@ahoge-plugin]

You can export Ahoge as Alembic in "Unreal" mode and import it in the engine.

[@ProMontreal]

Would this work if you sculpted your hair in Blender and then imported it in maya

[@ahoge-plugin]

If the topology is correct, it should work, of course.

[@ProMontreal]

@@ahoge-plugin Thank you. Out of curiosity, could this be used as hair cards in a game? I've ever used Maya so this would be the first time for me.

[@inh2568]

Hello. Very interesting tool. Could I apply hair simulation or rig and animation to this ahoge?

[@ahoge-plugin]

Yes, we have demos available on our Boosty page. Motion blur is also supported, and it can be rigged just like any other geometry in Maya.

[@inh2568]

​@@ahoge-plugin Thank you very much! I would really appreciate it if you could post a tutorial on rigging using ahoge. And I wish you an early New Year's greetings.

[@fpashe4895]

I'd love to try this but Maya 2025 is not updating the script-plugin. I noticed after drag & dropping, according to the tutorial, the product should appear on the top set of tabs in Maya ... but nope. Unless it's hidden somewhere I cannot see?

[@ahoge-plugin]

You need to restart Maya and load the plugin in the Plug-in Manager.

[@katiemiller8708]

do u have tutorials on how to simulate it?

[@ahoge-plugin]

It's comming😸

[@brandhuetv]

any dynamic and animtion for this hair, also is it turnable for cards ?

[@ahoge-plugin]

Ahoge can be animated just like any other geometry in Maya, and motion blur is supported. I'm not sure what "turnable for cards" means.

[@brandhuetv]

@@ahoge-plugin hair cards for lowpoly hair, like in xgen

[@neozyykun]

is it possible to convert this to cards or it stays high poly

[@yuzenpro3263]

Can I export the hair as a texture? Assuming that initial geometry has UVs?

[@ahoge-plugin]

Not at the moment. I might implement Ahoge->"Textured Planes" converter in the future.

[@yuzenpro3263]

@@ahoge-plugin This would be an awesome feature to have бро!

[@hoilumng8242]

Incredible, need one works for blender

[@K-fly-b4o]

I have followed the tutorial for manual installation, but it still cannot be displayed normally in the workspace and the plug-in manager is not found

[@K-fly-b4o]

I am Chinese windows

[@ahoge-plugin]

@@K-fly-b4o I will install Chinese Windows later to see what's happening. You can try this manual ahoge.wiki.gd/en/installation

[@K-fly-b4o]

@@ahoge-plugin I've tried manual installation but it didn't work

[@ahoge-plugin]

@@K-fly-b4o I will install Chinese Windows and fix install.mel, hopefully by the next release.

[@ahoge-plugin]

@@K-fly-b4o install.mel should work on Chinese Windows now.

[@杨倩婷-s9o]

您好，我想知道为什么我在创建 ahoge 头发时没有添加细分和头发数量的选项？

[@ahoge-plugin]

这个功能会在稍后添加。感谢您的反馈。

[@faolanmalcadh4438]

it looks super cool, buut can we export it in marmoset for render ?

[@ahoge-plugin]

If Marmoset supports Alembic, then yes; however, there is currently only initial support, which will be expanded later. More formats are planned to be added in the future.

[@ahoge-plugin]

Marmoset is supported now.

[@flioink]

Looks OK but you don't see any hair representation in the viewport. If you don't have an Nvidia card you're screwed because you gotta use Arnold CPU render to be able to see anything.

[@ahoge-plugin]

Hair is shown as wireframe in the viewport at the moment. The next version will have color and width shown.

[@lethalramen]

Is it possible to export this out to Unreal Engine?

[@ahoge-plugin]

Yes! You can export as alembic, and import in unreal engine

[@armandogomezcoria3715]

this pluggin works with redshift??

[@ahoge-plugin]

As far as I know Redshift's SDK isn't freely available.

[@EnginSarikaya3d]

​@@ahoge-plugin the plugin not work for redshift

[@ahoge-plugin]

@@EnginSarikaya3d I can't make it work without its SDK.

[@MJ-jq1nl]

does it work with V ray ?

[@ahoge-plugin]

Not yet. I don't know if V-Ray's SDK is available, I need to research it.

[@MJ-jq1nl]

@ahoge-plugin yes please!! Thank you

[@柯江堤]

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[@harry_wang1400]

maya2018 pls❤

[@ahoge-plugin]

The plugin is written in C++17. It cannot be compiled against older versions of MtoA. The oldest version of Maya it can work with is 2023. It might change in the future, if I decide to rewrite everything.

[@NeonMaster]

Looks cool, but unfortunately, I don't know maya yet. Does something like this exist for blender? And one more question: if the Ahoge made by mesh base, could it possible to rig with armatures?

[@habibi-mq7yb]

Daz hair converter for blender. It converts mesh hair into particles system

[@JonCG]

Make Paypal also for payment, please.thank you

[@ahoge-plugin]

Unfortunately, due to our geographical location, PayPal is not available here. We will look into alternative methods.

[@柯江堤]

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