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I have read the tutorials for importing models that are .md3 files, that are not animated. Can you animate a md3? How?

I should elaborate.

I see in the md3.cfg files things like

md3anim "idle|sink|mapmodel" 0 40
//md3anim "idle attack" 46 8
md3anim "forward|backward|left|right|swim" 40 6
md3anim "punch|shoot" 40 6
md3anim jump 67 6
//md3anim "jump attack" 67 6
md3anim pain 54 4
md3anim dying 73 8
md3anim dead 81 1

surely you need to make an animation for each of these? Jump, pain, dying, dead etc.?
If so, what filetype is the animation? Where is it located?

Thanks,
Owen.

Yes you need separate animations for each action.(idle, pain, dying ect.)
For md3 models, all the animations are actually stored in the .md3 file itself.
-.md3 animations are vertex based, while .md5 are skeletal based.
For md5s you actually have a separate .md5anim file for each action, and an .md5mesh for the mesh itself.
Hope this clarifies a little.

-daniel_san

It does. Lots. Thanks I didn't realise that an .md3 file could contain more than one animation. Although I'm confused still. Say I was using blender, How do I save each animation into the .md3 and how do I name them for the md3.cfg file to recognise them as the dying animation etc.

Thanks tonnes,
Owen.

Just squeeze all your animations/actions into 100 or so keyframes, one after another.
When you export make sure you're on the last frame of your animation/s.
For writing your md3 config refer to cube2s documentation found in the link below.
http://sauerbraten.org/docs/models.html#md3_format

take care
daniel_san

Ahhhh!!! I get it now! Thank you that all makes perfect sense, I for some reason thought I had to make a separate md3 for every animation, I own poser pro and I'm trying to get poser animations going in this game, (however the polygon count is massive - something im working on) I wonder should I just switch to blender permanently....

Anyway thanks again for the help,
All Problems solved!

Owen.

Hey Dan, you should make a tutorial for making character models in animated MD3s. (Please! I've been looking for weeks now!)

ill make one soon if you want?

Can you make me one?

A model or a tutorial? A tutorial? Yes, soon.

A model? maybe... depends how many animations you want and how complex it is