Supported file formats

Apart from various game files formats, Rimy3D also supports several universal 3D file formats like 3DS, OBJ or ASE.
However, each of these file formats has some shortcomings, for example an object's position cannot be saved in the OBJ format.

To solve this problem Rimy3D implements its own file format with the ending .3db that can save all of the typically needed information. Through the 'Tools' menu in Rimy3D you can install import/export plug-ins for the 3D editors GMax, Blender and 3ds Max.
Whenever possible you should prefer 3DB over the other file formats!

Rimy3D is capable of automatically finding the necessary materials and textures when loading 3D files even if they are not in the same folder. For this to work you need to configure the search paths.

Below are lists of the supported 3D, image and material file formats.

3D file formats

(*) Texture file paths are extracted from the Gothic 3/Risen materials if available.

Image file formats

File format	Ending	Import	Export
Truevision Targa	.tga	Yes	Yes
JPEG	.jpg .jpeg	Yes	Yes
Portable Network Graphics	.png	Yes	Yes
Windows Bitmap	.bmp	Yes	Yes
DirectDraw Surface	.dds	Yes	No
Gothic 3 Image	.ximg	Yes	No
Risen Image	._ximg	Yes	No

Material file formats

File format	Ending	Import	Export
Wavefront Material Library	.mtl	Yes	Yes
Gothic 3 Material	.xshmat	Yes	Yes
Risen Material	._xmat	Yes	Yes

File format	Ending	Import	Export
Baltram's 3D format	.3db	Object names/position Geometry Skinning Texture coordinates Vertex colors Smoothing groups Material names Texture file paths	Object names/position Geometry Skinning Texture coordinates Vertex colors Smoothing groups Material names Texture file paths
3D Studio Mesh (Gothic 3DS format supported)	.3ds	Object names/position Geometry Texture coordinates Smoothing groups Material names Texture file paths	Object names/position Geometry Texture coordinates Smoothing groups Material names Texture file paths
Wavefront OBJ format	.obj	Object names Geometry Texture coordinates Vertex normals Material names Texture file paths	Object names Geometry Texture coordinates Vertex normals Material names Texture file paths
GMax Scene (Extended Saving required!)	.gmax	Object names/position Geometry Skinning Texture coordinates Vertex colors Smoothing groups Material names Texture file paths
3ds Max ASCII Scene	.ase	Object names/position Geometry Texture coordinates Vertex colors (no alpha) Vertex normals Smoothing groups Material names Texture file paths	Object names/position Geometry Texture coordinates Vertex colors (no alpha) Vertex normals Smoothing groups Material names Texture file paths
Gothic ASCII Scene	.asc	Object names/position Geometry Skinning Texture coordinates Smoothing groups Material names Texture file paths	Object names/position Geometry Skinning Texture coordinates Smoothing groups Material names Texture file paths
Gothic 3 Mesh	.xcmsh	Geometry Texture coordinates Vertex colors Vertex normals Material names Texture file paths (*)	Geometry Texture coordinates Vertex colors Vertex normals Material names Information on Gothic 3 meshes
Gothic 3 Motion Actor	.xact	Object names/position Geometry Skinning Texture coordinates Vertex normals Material names Texture file paths (*)	Geometry Skinning Texture coordinates Vertex normals Material names Texture file paths Information on Gothic 3 motion actors
Gothic 3 LOD Mesh	.xlmsh	References to .xcmsh files	References to .xcmsh files Information on Gothic 3 LOD meshes
Gothic 3 Collision Mesh	.xnvmsh	Geometry Material names	Geometry Material names Information on Gothic 3 collision meshes
Risen Mesh	._xmsh	Geometry Texture coordinates Vertex colors Vertex normals Material names Texture file paths (*)	Geometry Texture coordinates Vertex colors Vertex normals Material names Information on Risen meshes
Risen Motion Actor	._xmac	Object names/position Geometry Skinning Texture coordinates Vertex normals Material names Texture file paths (*)	Geometry Skinning Texture coordinates Vertex normals Material names Texture file paths Information on Risen motion actors
Risen Collision Mesh	._xcom	Geometry Material names	Geometry Material names Information on Risen collision meshes
Risen 3 Mesh	.r3msh	Object names Geometry Texture coordinates Vertex normals Vertex colors