The Preamble:In the #wod channel we had a conversation.
About model conversion, and how much of a convoluted process it is, the fact that .cob sucks, .pof is older than dirt, and dae is not as reliable as we wish it could be.
I went on to mention that the SpringRTS project had long ago replaced the ancient .3do format with one of their own. One that was modern and supported a number of features the old one was never able to do. From there they created a tool similar to PCS2 called "Upspring" and export plugins for 3DsMax and Blender.
The Proposal:To do what has long need to be done and create a replacement for .cob, dae. and .pof all at the same time.
We call it ".pomf"
or "Parallax Object Motion File"The new Short-term goal is to create native opencollada support within freespace.
Github Link:
https://github.com/elQuanto/OpenCOLLADAThe key feature here being native support for keyframed animations. We want to start slow with things such as translation, rotation, and scaling animations.
I would love to see us create bone based animations as well, but in the distant future.
Other features include updating PCS2 to support the format, and to create 3D Studio Max and Blender plugins to import and export models.
The Team:Quanto
DahBlount
Vaktezraj