This brings back memories. I wrote a MD2 loader for my final project in my 3d graphics elective in college years ago. It was a ton of fun. Quake 3 came out my freshman year, the format wasn't very well documented yet but MD2 had tons of documentation.
Can't comment to how much easier / harder level loading would be but I'd venture to say probably much easier. Characters have more animation and such along with them.
Thanks! That's funny, Doom 3 was just coming out when I was in college and I had the same issue when considering doing something with MD5s—and they also just appeared super intimidating to me at the time :)
This brings back memories. I wrote a MD2 loader for my final project in my 3d graphics elective in college years ago. It was a ton of fun. Quake 3 came out my freshman year, the format wasn't very well documented yet but MD2 had tons of documentation.
Can't comment to how much easier / harder level loading would be but I'd venture to say probably much easier. Characters have more animation and such along with them.