.EGG File Extension
Panda3D Model File
| Developer | Carnegie Mellon |
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What is an EGG file?
An EGG file is a 3D model or animation used by Panda3D, a 3D engine designed primarily for game development. It contains a Panda3D model, actor, animation, or actor and animation pair. EGG files are created by exporting models and animations from other 3D modeling programs, such as Autodesk Maya or Blender, and converting them for use in Panda3D.
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In Panda 3D, the term "model" refers to a static 3D model, while "actor" refers to an animatable 3D model. Actors saved within EGG files are animated using animations saved within separate EGG files. While developers can save an actor and its associated animation within the same EGG file, Panda3D recommends that they do not do so, to avoid confusion while coding.
To convert 3D models and animations created in other applications to EGG files, developers must use one of several separate utilities. Which utility they must use depends on the program they used to create their model or animation.
NOTE: After a developer imports an EGG file into Panda3D, it is converted to a performance-optimized BAM file for faster access.
How to open an EGG file
You can open and view the contents of an EGG file with PView, a model and animation viewer bundled with Panda3D. To do so:
- Install Panda3D.
- Open a command line window.
- Enter the command pview yourfilename.egg.
NOTE: Remember, some EGG files contain 3D models, and others contain animations. If you want to view a model and an animation together, enter the command pview yourmodelfile.egg youranimationfile.egg. You cannot view an animation without associating it with a model.
Programs that open EGG files
ALZip Archive
| Developer | ESTsoft |
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An EGG file may also be a compressed archive created by ALZip, a file compression and decompression program. It contains one or more files compressed in the proprietary EGG format. EGG files may incorporate AES-256 encryption and password protection for securing the archive.
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You can decompress EGG files using ALZip and Bandizip in Windows. You can also use UnEgg in Linux.
The EGG format incorporates intelligent compression techniques for creating smaller file sizes. It also supports Unicode and therefore is useful for multi-lingual archives.
ALZip is a simple compression tool for Windows that is especially popular in Korea. It has two proprietary formats: the EGG format, which was released in version 8 and the .ALZ format, which is similar to the Zip format. The program can also compress and decompress files into other formats, such as .TAR and .ZIP.