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difference between .mdl and .mdx?

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Kazeon

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guys, I have a plan to start learning about modeling :thumbs_up:
what can I do is just changing model's textures.. :mwahaha:

nah, now I have a simple question, sometimes I confused, to save my model with .mdl or .mdx (I use magos model editor). My question is, what's the difference between them both?

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About MDL vs. MDX. MDL is a human-readable format for models, and it is a text format. MDX is binary. You can easily convert between MDL and MDX using tools on the site. As such, there can be two models: one mdl and one mdx, that look exactly the same, but they will be written differently.

The MDL is always a higher file size--it is uncompressed, and suffers several extra bytes in order to be human-readable. MDX is binary and takes up only a certain amount of bytes per field. As such, those two models usually have drastically different file sizes.

Just use the MDX format for your models. The MDL format is useful for some programs--such as Oinkerwinkle's--which require you to input an MDL rather than an MDX. Apart from that, you'll usually just use MDX.
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About MDL vs. MDX. MDL is a human-readable format for models, and it is a text format. MDX is binary. You can easily convert between MDL and MDX using tools on the site. As such, there can be two models: one mdl and one mdx, that look exactly the same, but they will be written differently.

The MDL is always a higher file size--it is uncompressed, and suffers several extra bytes in order to be human-readable. MDX is binary and takes up only a certain amount of bytes per field. As such, those two models usually have drastically different file sizes.

Just use the MDX format for your models. The MDL format is useful for some programs--such as Oinkerwinkle's--which require you to input an MDL rather than an MDX. Apart from that, you'll usually just use MDX.
 
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