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We use an old MD5 format for 3D assets used in-game, exported by a custom Blender addon we made but have a hard time making user friendly and stable. As an alternative the engine now supports glTF with pending PR #3785

We have piles of Blender models under the MetaTerasology org on GitHub that have yet to be used in-game because of how awkward the old process could be to use. Your job is to send some of them through the new process!

Requirements

• Some degree of comfort with Blender and/or 3D modelling in general
• Check out our asset tutorial

Acceptance Criteria

• A PR with new assets to an existing module repo or create a new module repo to hold the model(s) - coordinate on Discord for where which models might go best
• One or more screenshots showing the model working (or working poorly) in-game
• If you find a problem with the engine PR please submit a comment there with details

Where to Start

• Compare the list of old models with .blend files in the MetaTerasology to find models not yet used in-game. You can also browse around sensible modules to look
• Make sure the model hasn't already been converted - look for issues or PRs in the repo the model lives in for in-game usage to make sure it hasn't already been converted
• Use the new approach to set the model up in-game and test it out
• Quarternius on Discord has even more models not yet in the MetaTerasology org so ask him for more if needed, or even try to make your own from scratch!