Ahhh yes animation would be great!!! I've been wishing for sometime now. Our game was made entirely using ac3d as the modeller. For the animation we just did most of it in the game engine itself. I would think ac3d will have animation added to it sooner than later. The ease of use with this program make it just way too good to pass up, so I can only imagine how great it would be if there were animation. Maybe they are working on it as we speak!
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