MilkShape model

A MilkShape model^[2] (alternatively, a MilkShape 3d model), is a file of the project format of MilkShape 3D, a Windows program for editing 3D model files of many video games that came out between 1998^[3] and around 2007, at which point development effectively ended^[4]. It holds skeleton and animation data in addition to mesh data.

Identification

MS3D files have the extension ".ms3d". They have the magic number 4D 53 33 44, "MS3D" in ASCII.

Software

• MilkShape 3D
• Viewer, with source

Links

• Homepage
• Part of a book on the software, with portions pertaining to the format specifically

References

1. ↑ Date of earliest source files in https://web.archive.org/web/20010407202114/http://milkshape3d.com/files/MsViewer.zip (listed in https://web.archive.org/web/20010407202114/http://milkshape3d.com/ms3d/download.html)
2. ↑ http://www.digital-skills.co.uk/samples/milksample.pdf, page 52 (6 of PDF)
3. ↑ Release of Half-Life, which, according to http://milkshape3d.com/, is the starting application of the program
4. ↑ Update lists on http://milkshape3d.com/ show that this was effectively the last year of development