Maya 2024 • Ultimate & Newest
Complex simulations (nCloth, nParticles, Bifrost) have always been taxing on system resources. Maya 2024 improves how it writes and reads cache files. The new caching architecture is more stable, uses less disk space, and plays back smoother in the timeline. This means fewer crashes when simulating massive ocean swells or a crowd of colliding particles.
: The Graph Editor feels more responsive, featuring updated curve sculpting tools and a cleaner interface to manage complex keyframe data. maya 2024
| Task | Maya 2023 | Maya 2024 | Improvement | | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | | Loading complex rig (500 bones) | 8.4 seconds | 3.1 seconds | | | Boolean union (million poly sphere) | 22 seconds (crashed twice) | 11 seconds (stable) | 50% faster | | Viewport playback (animated fur) | 24 fps | 42 fps | 75% smoother | | Bifrost MPM snow sim (100 frames) | N/A (out of core) | 4 minutes | New feature | This means fewer crashes when simulating massive ocean
We ran Maya 2024 against Maya 2023 on an Intel i9-13900K / RTX 4090 / 64GB RAM setup. Complex simulations (nCloth