Using the tutorial from Machinima.com, I feel like I'm getting a pretty good grasp of Milkshape.  Although I've not yet finished the tutorial, I've found that I'm already becoming torn between mapping and modelling/skinning.  Even though creating all-new models, skinning them, and animating them (along with whatever else needs to be done) looks like it could very well be a lot more work than mapping, I feel like I've accomplished more in six hours of learning Milkshape than I accomplished in a week of learning efRadiant; so far, modelling just seems to interest me more than mapping.

Anyway, the reason for this post is that I'm wondering what kind of information I need to know about modelling/skinning/animating for EF.  The tutorial I'm using seems to do a good job explaining how to export to Quake III Arena, but so far, being the n00b that I am, I have no idea how far removed EF is from Q3A.  Are the file types/extensions the same (or similar)?  Do the animations need to be in the same sequence?  Do both games use the same number of frames for the animations?  What else might I need to know that I haven't even mentioned?

I'm not necessarily asking or expecting someone to hold my hand and walk me through this; as with efRadiant, I'm just looking for someone to point me in the right direction.

Thanks!

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Listen power newbie:

#1:  Don't create more than 1 thread a day

#2: Bumping = Thread Closure

Hehe...now I can call people newbies without being penalized  

Oh ya:

Well for a serious answer the community really needs good skinners and modellers......There just arent enough........

Well there is for me cus im lucky :)

Well, modelling and skinning (especially modelling) is what I'm leaning toward, but if the only answers I'm going to get when I ask for a nudge in the right direction are responses like Mr. Greg's ("Listen power newbie"... and goes on to berate me), I begin to wonder if I should even bother with EF, or if I should just make my girlfriend happy by making models/skins for The Sims.

IIRC we decided on the old boards that crushing newbies was not allowed!

you MAY start more then one thread a day, just don't spam
you may NOT bump

back to your questions.
as synchro said the community is very short of modellers/skinners so your help in this area would be most welcome. your best bet for assistance/information would be to contact toonloon.he should be able to point you towards some tutorials.

Models in Q3A are easily converted to EF. It simply involves putting some of the files in a different folder, and changing the icon format. However, Q3 weapons are different than EF weapons, so a Q3 model will hold EF weapons strangely, the only way to get around this is altering the weapon_tags of the model, and that I don't know how to do.