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‎Limitations: EDGE 1.35 MD3 clarification

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The MD3 model file format was introduced by id Software when releasing [[Quake 3: Arena]] in 1999. It's a file format quite simple to use and understand. MD3 models' characteristics in 3DGE are nearly directly derived from [[MD2]] with a few key differences.

==Features==
3DGE can load MD3s from a LUMP in the wadfile.

* Ability to use PNG, JPG, and TGA file formats for skins
* Able to define up to 9 skins-per-model and switch them out on-the-fly through DDF
* Able to use animations as either frame number or reference name, or both if desired
* Can control the bias, aspect, scale, and placement of the model, both for environment and HUD (weapons)
* Linear Interpolation for animated vertex deformation (higher accuracy and no animation wobble)
* Supports more overall vertices and tris over MD2.

==Limitations==
While those features are handy, there are currently limitations of the format:

* Extra meshes are not supported and will be ignored (fail to render). This limitation carried over from EDGE 1.32.
* No internal shader system, so the models are lit uniformly, even in the presence of [[dynamic lights]]
* EDGE cannot load MD3 models.

==Explanation==
===Model===
<div style="background: #f2e0ce; border: 2px solid #bfb1a3; padding: 0.6em; margin-top: 0.8em;">Loading is nearly identical to MD2: the model itself must be stored in a wad, and the lump name is the sprite base ("TROO") plus "MD3" on the end --> "TROOMD3".</div>

Also see [[MD2]] and [[MD5]].

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 * Extra meshes are not supported and will be ignored (fail to render). This limitation carried over from EDGE 1.32.
 * No internal shader system, so the models are lit uniformly, even in the presence of [[dynamic lights]]
-* EDGE cannot load MD3 models.
+* [[EDGE]] 1.35 cannot load MD3 models.
 ==Explanation==

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Corbin: /* Limitations */ EDGE 1.35 MD3 clarification

Corbin: Created page with "The MD3 model file format was introduced by id Software when releasing Quake 3: Arena in 1999. It's a file format quite simple to use and understand. MD3 models' character..."