Modelling/MD2
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MD2 is the 3D-format used by the Quake2 engine and thus by UFO:AI as well. We use some of the MD3 Features even for MD2. We have tags and we can define more than one skin for each model.
Tools
There is a perl-script in our repository that lets you change the texture-paths, the texture sizes & the number of skins (only upgrade) inside the MD2-files:
There is also a script that lets you read out the tag files (next to the md2 files) we use in UFO:AI:
You will need a perl distribution to execute those scripts. A good one for Windows would be ActivePerl.
Export/Import MD2
Links
Specification
- .md2 File Format Specification (new) (tfc.duke.free.fr)
- .md2 format description and implementation for C++ including the entire file architecture (tfc.duke.free.fr)
- .md2 File Format Specification