FOSS game engine "Castle Game Engine" has updated it's Castle Model Viewer feature to version 5.0. It adds MD3 support, X3D 4.0 support, improves performance, and more. If you haven't heard of it Castle Game Engine is a FOSS game engine that has support for Linux on x86 as well as ARM. The engine is licensed with LGPL for the core; BSD for the engine examples and GPL for the visual editor.

The main website for the project is here:

https://castle-engine.io/

The source code is on Github:

https://github.com/castle-engine/castle-engine

The release notes for this update can be found here:

https://castle-engine.io/wp/2024/05/24/castle-model-viewer-formerly-view3dscene-5-0-0-release-ton-of-improvements-coming-from-latest-castle-game-engine-support-to-validate-models-md3-animations-saving-to-stl-more-x3d-4-0-features/

The project has a presence on Youtube that can be found through Invidious and the founder has a presence on Mastodon:

https://iv.nboeck.de/channel/UCq9jJ5ivIXC5VEWiUAfxBxw

https://mastodon.social/@michalis_kambi

You can donate to the project using Open Collective; Patreon and Github Sponsors.

https://opencollective.com/castle-engine

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