MD5 Reader 2 CVS source code is up. For informations on how to download it go
here. If anyone is interested to contribute future development, subscribe to
sourceforge.net and follow instructions on how to request to be added as developer to an existing project.
MD5 Reader 2 is the continuation of a dead project, originally created by
ChaosDeathFish, that makes the 3D engine for Java,
jME, able to load MD5 3D animated models.
This loader supports mesh, materials, weighted skeletons and animation. These features was not nativelly supported under
jME; at least until one of the latest CVS code implemented a new skeletal system for
jME.
Though
MD5 Reader 2, can provide a valid alternative to native
jME skeletal system or can be used a an intermediate file format converter, that gives to modelers the chance to model, rigging and animate their models, for example, with
Blender and export them with
der_ton's blender2md5 exporter.