It is handy to be able to embed the resources used by your application into the final SWF file, and MD2 files are no exception. Flex does not have any understanding of the MD2 format natively, but any file can be embedded as long as the mime-type=�octet-stream� option is used. [code]
You can do some pretty neat effects with this as you can see below in my example. You aren't restricted to just Counter-Strike models either! anything that Milkshape 3D supports can be exported as a 3DS model so there are many options.
A basic function of any 3D engine is to load 3D models. Alternativa has the ability to load 3D models stored in both the 3DS and OBJ formats. In this tutorial we will learn how to load a 3DS model.