I am a modder for an outdated online game Oni by Bungie, and to date we have been utilizing COLLADA as an intermediate format for transferring belongings between the sport and Blender. These belongings embody:
- 3D objects,
- 3D animations within the type of rotation and translation information for parented 3D objects – Oni doesn’t include any skeletons in any respect; character fashions include particular person 3D meshes parented to one another like in plenty of 90s 3D video video games,
- Textures.
The issue is, Blender is dropping help for COLLADA, so we wished to replace our instruments to make use of a unique format.
What could be one of the best one to choose? Theoretically, it might be finest if we knew it is going to be supported for so long as doable so it does not get deprecated quickly like COLLADA, however I assume that is onerous to foretell, and I additionally think about it could or is probably not a a lot better concept to purpose for a format that is finest fitted to the precise objective of modding a online game.
Out of the at the moment supported Blender codecs we have narrowed it all the way down to the next:
- FBX
- Alembic
- Common Scene Description
- glTF
We all know FBX is often used, most notably by Unreal Engine, however we wished to know if the opposite codecs are price contemplating as nicely, particularly since FBX is the oldest one right here.
