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MCA Editor

MCA Editor

A professional code editor for Maya and Unreal Engine — built for artists and technical directors who want more from their scripting workflow.

MCA Editor is a modern, full-featured code editor that lives inside your DCC. Write scripts faster, manage projects, and extend the editor with plugins — the same editor, the same workflow, across Maya and Unreal Engine.

Features

  • Maya + Unreal Engine — One editor across both DCCs, same features, same workflow
  • Dual Mode — Quick script execution or full project mode with file trees and multi-tab editing
  • AI Integration — Orange Slice, a built-in AI assistant that understands your scene and code
  • Plugin Architecture — Extend the editor with Python plugins using a clean, documented API
  • Syntax Highlighting — Python and MEL with automatic language detection
  • Code Completion — Context-aware suggestions as you type
  • Find & Replace — Search across files in your project
  • Output Panel — Execution results, logging, and error display with full stack traces
  • Keyboard-Driven — Comprehensive shortcuts for everything

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Quick Start

Maya — $49 Unreal — $49 Bundle — $75 Try Free for 14 Days

  1. Download mcaEditor.py for your Maya version
  2. Drop it into ~/Documents/maya/<version>/plug-ins/
  3. Open Maya's Plug-in Manager and load mcaEditor.py
  4. Click the Script Editor button — MCA Editor opens instead
  1. Download the MCA Editor plugin zip for your UE version
  2. Extract the MCAEditor/ folder into your project's Plugins/ directory
  3. Open the project in UE, go to Edit > Plugins, and enable MCA Editor
  4. Restart UE — the MCA Editor button appears in the toolbar

See the Installation Guide for detailed instructions.

Supported Versions

Maya Version Python Qt
Maya 2024 Python 3.10 PySide2 (Qt5)
Maya 2025 Python 3.11 PySide6 (Qt6)
Maya 2026 Python 3.11 PySide6 (Qt6)
UE Version Python Platform
Unreal Engine 5.5 Python 3.11 Windows
Unreal Engine 5.6 Python 3.11 Windows
Unreal Engine 5.7 Python 3.11 Windows

Built By

MCA Editor is built by Nathan Comes.

Licensed software — see the license terms included with the plugin.