nuclide/Documentation/Models.md

# Model Importing {#models}

The engine handles all the file formats related to model files.

Table of supported model formats:

| File Extension | Type | Description |
|----------------|------|-------------|
| mdl  | Animated, Vertex   | Quake 'Alias' Model   |
| md2  | Animated, Vertex   | Quake II Model        |
| md3  | Animated, Vertex   | Quake III Arena Model |
| mdx  | Animated, Vertex   | Kingpin Model |
| mdl  | Animated, Skeletal | Half-Life Model       |
| iqm  | Animated, Skeletal | Inter Quake Model     |
| vvm  | Animated, Skeletal | Vera Visions Model    |
| psk  | Animated, Skeletal | Unreal Engine Model   |
| zym  | Animated, Skeletal | Zymotic Models        |
| dpm  | Animated, Skeletal | Darkplaces Model      |
| gltf | Animated, Skeletal | GL Transmission Format |
| glb  | Animated, Skeletal | GL Transmission Format Binary file |
| spr  | Sprite   | Quake I variant, Global Palette |
| spr2 | Sprite   | Quake II         |
| spr32  | Sprite   | Darkplaces variant, uncompressed 32-bit color |
| obj  | Static   | Wavefront Object    |
| lwo  | Static   | LightWave Object |
| ase  | Static   | Autodesk ASCII Scene Export |

Formats available in plugin-form:

| File Extension | Type | Description |
|----------------|------|-------------|
| mdl | Animated, Skeletal | Source Engine Model |