oh, judging by your 4) seems you may not know you can import obj or 3ds files modelled outside Blender,something that I prefer , but that's a personal preference.
like with many plugins, very often the best exporters or importers are not the natively included..you gotta dig to find the best ones, though the native importer will as a minimum let you import the raw geometry modelled in other software.
My only planned use of Blender since start was character animation, as had all covered in other areas (ie: you can import the uvmaped obj from Ultimate)
Also remember md2 peserve the smooth bending, as are snaptshot meshes each of an specific frame, with linear interpolation, an saved as a single file. With a lot o ftechnical problems for visual quality , etc.Yet though, ideal for models in a distance.Also u can expport as md3.But never tested if single piece md3 from blender (seen ok in my md3 viwers, like blender md2) will load ok with drago's blitz library.
those 2, md2, and md3, are also external plugins. The author site is down for some months. If need them , and I remember to get here again (I dont browse these forums as much as before, and definitely that is gonna decrease or disappear totally) say so, and i'll upload to a temp space, those and some others u may need and hard to find (I have them in my hd , anyway...)
like with many plugins, very often the best exporters or importers are not the natively included..you gotta dig to find the best ones, though the native importer will as a minimum let you import the raw geometry modelled in other software.
My only planned use of Blender since start was character animation, as had all covered in other areas (ie: you can import the uvmaped obj from Ultimate)
Also remember md2 peserve the smooth bending, as are snaptshot meshes each of an specific frame, with linear interpolation, an saved as a single file. With a lot o ftechnical problems for visual quality , etc.Yet though, ideal for models in a distance.Also u can expport as md3.But never tested if single piece md3 from blender (seen ok in my md3 viwers, like blender md2) will load ok with drago's blitz library.
those 2, md2, and md3, are also external plugins. The author site is down for some months. If need them , and I remember to get here again (I dont browse these forums as much as before, and definitely that is gonna decrease or disappear totally) say so, and i'll upload to a temp space, those and some others u may need and hard to find (I have them in my hd , anyway...)